I have been using AI heavily since around May 2025. These days, I mostly review the code it generates, and I’ve been amazed by how much it has improved compared to the days when we were simply copying snippets from ChatGPT—the one that started it all.
I often hear people say, “This code is garbage,” or “AI writes terrible code,” and so on.
I have to admit that sometimes I feel guilty about copying the generated code or making it part of my own workflow. But at the same time, another feeling has been quietly growing inside me, gently knocking on my door, asking a question I can no longer ignore.
Sometimes it whispers: What if I’m not needed anymore?
Lately, I’ve been reading Asimov again, and I can’t shake the feeling that we’re slowly approaching one of the futures he imagined—not because of the robots, but because of the questions they force us to ask about ourselves.
Maybe our job is simply changing. Maybe writing every line of code won’t be the most valuable skill anymore. Maybe our role will be to ask better questions, make better decisions, and know when the generated code is right—or dangerously wrong.
Still, I wonder if we’ll slowly lose something along the way. Those long coding sessions where time disappears. The excitement of finally understanding a tricky bug. The quiet satisfaction of finding an elegant solution. Those tiny victories that only another developer truly understands.
Maybe I’m overthinking it. Maybe this is just one of those thoughts that shows up on a random Wednesday.
Or maybe this is simply what it feels like to live through one of the biggest shifts our profession has ever seen.
I honestly don’t know.
What do you think?
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