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I often had to intercede to refactor what it had churned out to make the solution legible
sunwukung on Hacker News
In the thread “Tell HN: I Lost Joy of Programming”
Got in the way: Output required refactoring to be legible; process felt like writing JIRA tickets.
… I used Windsurf for a project recently, and while it was impressive, I don't feel I was notably more efficient at delivery. I often had to intercede to refactor what it had churned out to make the solution legible. My takeaway was that AI coding is a fairly joyless experience, you're effectively writing JIRA tickets for it, and the labour switches to coaching and PRs. …