What do you mean software development was arduous? It was pretty chill. You will start working on something, start crafting code carefully with time to review, optimize, etc.

Now it feels like everyone is in a rush and there is no time for crafting anything. Just vibe code a pile of shit that looks good but it's unnecessarily complex.

You are going to see how arduous software development is in a few years when no one understands the systems they have built