alt Hacker News52 here, been a full time people manager for about a decade now. Coding manually makes me tired just thinking about it. When I think about embark on a new project my mind goes back to all the times I worked 12 hour days trying to get some basic system to function. I’m too old for that now, my back hurts if I sit too long and occasionally get migraines if I look at a screen too much.
Using AI has been really perfect for me. I can build stuff while I do other things, walk the dog, make lunch, sit on the porch.
Sometimes i realize that my design was flawed and I just delete it all and start again, with no loss aversion.
> Using AI has been really perfect for me. I can build stuff while I do other things, walk the dog, make lunch, sit on the porch.
this resonates with me strongly, while i like coding, and understanding it, I understand my human limitations. I couldn't possibly write by hand the stuff I've been making, in the time I am making it, without a team these past few months. I would be coding literally all day, which while I sometimes enjoy the zoning out process of wiring stuff up, what i really enjoy is exactly what you described.
I enjoy being outside and walking my dog, taking a long shower, and cooking. All of these things are simple tasks with a good bit of repetition, and unlike wiring up some code or whatever, they allow my thoughts to flow, and I can think about where my projects are likely heading and what needs to be done next.
Those moments, even before heavy AI assisted coding, have always been the moments i cherish about software development.