I reckon the developers most excited about AI & agents never got the same thrill or satisfaction that you do. Those developers are plainly motivated by different things, and that’s okay.
I wouldn’t say never. I spent the first 10 years of my career loving crafting code. Then I moved up in seniority and naturally my focus and prioritization had to shift. Even before AI I didn’t code that much, focusing more on design, planning, reviewing, firefighting, and team leadership (still an IC).
One exciting thing about AI is when I have an idea of something to do and can visualize it, instead of writing a ticket that sits in the backlog, I can use AI to vibe it up, with just a couple hours of my attention I can spare. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s fun and satisfying to get more shit done, and be able to scratch the same builder and solver itches in my 10% time.
therealdrag0|7 days ago
One exciting thing about AI is when I have an idea of something to do and can visualize it, instead of writing a ticket that sits in the backlog, I can use AI to vibe it up, with just a couple hours of my attention I can spare. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s fun and satisfying to get more shit done, and be able to scratch the same builder and solver itches in my 10% time.