For me the fun of coding was seldom the next result, but more the solving of the next problem. Programs were never complete because there was always another cool idea I’d think up that required me to find and code a solution.

I especially enjoyed using math and physics, doing animations and graphics. My teens and early twenties were spent doing so much of this.

But now we’re using AI to code, and I can see a lot of that problem solving going away. I hope I can still enjoy programming when I’m in more of a conductor role than a musician. Obviously the architecting step is fun too. But the implementation was where I really enjoyed it.

I keep getting ideas of cool physics animations to make and then realize anyone can now do it with AI and spending time doing it myself is just a waste.

Just a mind dump of my feelings toward AI coding. On the other hand I love how I can build tools so much quicker as I need them now.