AI Makes Me Sad

Re:AI Makes Me Sad by vigilantpuma on Friday October 02, 2026 @12:27PM (#49935398)

I’ve got a foot in both worlds and I feel pretty discombobulated. It’s amazing to be able to build whatever I imagine, but I also feel like something I loved has been taken away from me.

I keep thinking it would be interesting to do a series of interviews with software engineers on how they’re dealing with this change.

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Re:AI Makes Me Sad by amelius on Friday October 02, 2026 @12:40PM (#49935577)

> I keep thinking it would be interesting to do a series of interviews with software engineers on how they’re dealing with this change.

Beware of survivor bias though.

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Re:AI Makes Me Sad by vigilantpuma on Friday October 02, 2026 @12:51PM (#49935733)

You mean that only those who are okay with AI are still in the game?

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Re:AI Makes Me Sad by amelius on Friday October 02, 2026 @01:04PM (#49935883)

Yes

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Re:AI Makes Me Sad by vigilantpuma on Friday October 02, 2026 @01:12PM (#49935968)

I think that’s not really true, it just looks that way from HN. I did a series of UXR interviews maybe 3 months ago for an unrelated project but one where we had to gain an understanding of how people use AI in their workflow, and it really still runs the gamut.

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