[joks]

It sounds more like you want to have bigger, cooler things, not build them? The joy of building is what the person you're replying to is talking about AI abstracting away

[johnfn]

I am still getting joy out of building things. If anything, I have a bit more joy than I used to because I can accomplish small things faster. I still find the work to be mentally demanding and interesting, and there are a lot of new interesting problems to solve.

I empathize and understand that not everyone has this experience.