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94 points Eatcats | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.272s | source

Small confession

I’ve been using Windsurf editor for about six months now, and it does most of the coding work for me.

Recently, I realized I no longer enjoy programming. It feels like I’m just going through the pain of explaining to the LLM what I want, then sitting and waiting for it to finish. If it fails, I just switch to another model—and usually, one of them gets the job done.

At this point, I’ve even stopped reviewing the exact code changes. I just keep pushing forward until the task is done.

On the bright side, I’ve gotten much better at writing design documents.

Anyone else feel the same?

1. joetor5 ◴[] No.44505208[source]
I can understand why you would feel this way.

As someone that enjoys the problem solving, creativity, learning, and sense of ownership that comes out of building software, I would feel less fulfillment if I hand over everything (or most tasks) to an LLM. It's like being a painter but not painting.

Hence I choose not to do that.

LLMs can be good if used responsibly and when it makes sense. It should not be at the cost of taking away something that matters to you.

I don't know your current situation. Maybe you are doing this at your workplace. Maybe you are under pressure of using LLMs. I get it. But you have a choice.

Now that you have come to this realization, you'll know what to do. Find the right balance.