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NoClaude, Codex · 14 Apr 2026

it would yield such poor quality of life at such a high cost was not what I expected

itissid on Hacker News

In the thread “The future of everything is lies, I guess: Work”

Got in the way: Long hours and mental health suffering from trying to do everything alone.

… I always struggled with coding before 2023, but i made ends meet and put food on the table and could work sane hours and knew what I needed to do. Logically I should have been happy that I did not have to grind on code — and some days I truly am — but it would yield such poor quality of life at such a high cost was not what I expected...