datarama5d ago

Pretty close to every programming community I've used to frequent is now full of people who are miserable about AI.

Apparently I was an early adopter, for once in my life.

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People are saying pretty much word-for-word the same as I did when all this started.

"Fun programming" and "creative coding" feel pointless now.
I used to enjoy coding, now it just feels like a waste of time.
Whenever I sit down and hack on something, I can't stop thinking that Claude Code could do this faster and better.

etc. etc.

Mar 21 at 7:56pmWeb
Show threadMat Gadd5d ago
@datarama faster? Ehh, maybe. Better? Hah! No. No no no.
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@Drarok I mean, it depends. I'd guess it's a lot better at Tcl than I am, because I've never written any Tcl. But that's an achievement on par with Waymos being better drivers than I am (I don't have a drivers' license).

GPT-5.3's C code (which I sometimes have to read at work) is very hit or miss. It does a lot of defensive programming - but often is defensive about issues that logically can't possibly arise. And because of all that defensive programming, it's easy to miss that there are often edge cases *it* misses. I really don't like when I have to work this way.