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Re:Programming Isn't Special by fatihpense on Friday October 09, 2026 @08:26PM (#50028235)
Regardless of all the concerns that others and I have, 'leaving it at work' is one positive I noticed as well. That is a good expression for that feeling.

When the models got good enough, and I accepted some projects can be managed without writing any code... Some weight lifted from my shoulders. If I wrote code in the past, it felt like I had to carry it in production and help with its maintenance. I would think about all the edge cases that could go wrong. Now, it is not that personal. I'm not a critical piece and that is okay, relieving even.

I'm happy I'm not valuable for technical questions (incomplete, ambiguous questions that would fill up the context of my brain just to understand the question). Writing code now is like writing an email, I can write a good enough email and close the day, others can pick it up. It has freed up a lot of mental capacity. Nobody had a good understanding of that kind of personal burden anyway. Now it is everyone's problem.

We forget how sometimes some coding tasks can be detrimental to some human's psychology. World is full of texture, different situations and experiences.

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