Computer programming, and friction as a learning activity
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A veteran developer who has coded since 1995 reflects on his evolving relationship with programming as AI agents take over more of the work. He traces his journey from hand-typed C and Java to cautious AI adoption, realizing his love was never features or code quality — it was the friction of problem-solving itself. He concludes it was grief, not anger, driving his resistance.
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