Distributed backend specialist. Perfectly happy playing second fiddle—it means I get to chase fun ideas, dodge meetings, and break things no one told me to touch, all without anyone questioning it. 😇
I can't relate to the loss of "mine" feeling you describe. When I first jumped in to see what all the fuss was about, I wasn't building a POC or just vibe coding. I wanted to find limits of what AI could do in its current implementation. While I didn't add more than 2 lines of code in the first AI project I wrote, I still devoted hours of leaning, trial and error, and slow incremental progress. It's still my design, architecture, and mostly ideas (AI did contribute a new spark or two along the way). It's just a different form of the same work, in my opinion.
I am excited like you are about the future, though. It's one of those unique moments in time when you know you're a part of a new era that's going to change how we approach so many different things in the future. I can't wait to see what new concept will pop up that I never even dreamed about.
I'm a coder who has worn a lot of hats, from individual contributor to lead engineer to "CTO" (yes, in quotes, make of that what you will!). I've plenty to learn and hopefully some to share as well.
Thanks for your perspective. Reading between the lines, it sounds like maybe you have always been less invested in each line of code, and more invested in the design, architecture, and ideas, does that sound accurate? For me, I find the most rewarding part of coding is doing the nitty gritty line-by-line coding, with some good coffee, music, and flow state!
Distributed backend specialist. Perfectly happy playing second fiddle—it means I get to chase fun ideas, dodge meetings, and break things no one told me to touch, all without anyone questioning it. 😇
I can't relate to the loss of "mine" feeling you describe. When I first jumped in to see what all the fuss was about, I wasn't building a POC or just vibe coding. I wanted to find limits of what AI could do in its current implementation. While I didn't add more than 2 lines of code in the first AI project I wrote, I still devoted hours of leaning, trial and error, and slow incremental progress. It's still my design, architecture, and mostly ideas (AI did contribute a new spark or two along the way). It's just a different form of the same work, in my opinion.
I am excited like you are about the future, though. It's one of those unique moments in time when you know you're a part of a new era that's going to change how we approach so many different things in the future. I can't wait to see what new concept will pop up that I never even dreamed about.
Thanks for your perspective. Reading between the lines, it sounds like maybe you have always been less invested in each line of code, and more invested in the design, architecture, and ideas, does that sound accurate? For me, I find the most rewarding part of coding is doing the nitty gritty line-by-line coding, with some good coffee, music, and flow state!
Perhaps. It's a thoughtful call out for sure! Either way, it's always better with the perfect coffee and favorite song playing in the background 😄