Mixed
Yes, I am much more productive having Claude Code bang out boilerplate back-end code, but honestly I always kind of enjoyed doing it
ryandvm on Hacker News
In the thread “I am leaving the AI party after one drink”, replying to this comment
Helped: Generating boilerplate back-end code.
Got in the way: Losing enjoyment of coding; role reduction to prompt writing.
48 years old and I am 100% feeling this. Yes, I am much more productive having Claude Code bang out boilerplate back-end code, but honestly I always kind of enjoyed doing it. Now I'm just a micro-manager for an AI. …