I mean... me, since I'm speaking for myself.

I mean do you feel the same way about using a library since it reduces the amount of code you have to write?

Like your position doesn't really make sense to me because you're saying you want to write all the code yourself, but you already don't write all the code yourself. Like what's the difference between using a library someone else wrote vs a LLM implementing that functionality for you?

Depends on the project. Sometimes I do use libraries and sometimes I don't. But either way, there's a huge difference imo between using libraries and using an LLM. When using a library, I'm still writing code myself. When using an LLM, I'm just doing a newer version of copy pasting stack overflow answers. If other people don't see it that way, more power to them, but I can't really find fulfillment in doing that.

I find it extremely exhilarating when an AI successfully helps me to solve a complex problem. I thought AI was only good for reducing boilerplate and "copypasting" tedious tasks (which it is, through Copilot) but now I get excited when I get stuck and get to talk with ChatGPT about it. We iterate through several solutions and discuss various short-comings as well as debugging them. I love it and it has only increased my passion for programming.

I’m 34. I started learning to code in early 2022 when I was nearly 33.

The difference between what I was able to build before and after chatGPT is miles apart.