devs, could you still code without AI?

@codevsdev Yup, I still do that

@codevsdev yes i do that daily

@codevsdev did so for 4 decades without it. certainly don't need it but do you want to be building things with heavy equipment or hand tools? if you know how to use heavy equipment effectively you'll never go back to rooting around in the dirt right?

@codevsdev Arduino and some py, I’m not saying don’t learn I’m still learning but, my idea will be dead if trying waiting it out. Stand tall or get left behind. What would Elon do?

@codevsdev i tried a leetcode last week, it was horrendous. i used to be able to do them so fast

@codevsdev just did. wrote my own c++ transpiler with books and stackoverflow.. was not much but it was fun

@codevsdev AI usually misses subtle details, which may need tweaking by hand. Otherwise mostly no. Writing something big from scratch or refactoring complex stuff would be just huge waste of time.

@codevsdev AI causes 98% of delays because of hallucinations. AI sucks at coding.

@codevsdev After almost 20 years I sure hope so 🤣

@codevsdev I have lost that power recently, thinking to start again with a side project.

@codevsdev If not then are you even a dev?

@codevsdev Yes i can, we build full stack systems when there was no AI, stack overflow was king then

@codevsdev Sure. I still do it and plan to continue doing it with certain tasks.

@codevsdev Yep. And by orders of magnitude, I get less change requests on my PRs & therefore approved way quicker.

@codevsdev I could, but it makes no sense.

@codevsdev yeah but slower. the thing that atrophies first isn't syntax, it's the patience to sit with a bug for 40 mins instead of pasting it somewhere the second it appears

@codevsdev yes, but i'd be slower. ai speeds up research and boilerplate, not thinking

@codevsdev what is code?

@codevsdev I can

@codevsdev Yes, for sure...back to stackoverflow 😁

@codevsdev Yeah but it wouldnt be nearly as fun

@codevsdev I can go to Nice on foot (1000 km) but if I have a plane...

@codevsdev i forgot how to code

@codevsdev No, not anymore

@codevsdev "Import ". Oh no, I have reached my limit.

@codevsdev Yes, very much 💯

@codevsdev It's about the direction! Not about the code.

@codevsdev Absolutely.

@codevsdev I can