SMRTR ProgrammingJan 7, 2026Daily.dev

The grief when AI writes most of the code

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A reflection on how AI increasingly writes production code faster and often better than developers, especially in unfamiliar languages. The author grapples with losing the satisfaction of coding mastery after years of learning, while wondering if future fulfillment will come from solving higher-level problems and directing AI agents rather than writing code directly.

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