I’m a 46-year-old programmer from Mexico. I’ve been doing this work for a little more than twenty-six... Tagged with discuss, community, mentalhealth.

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A 26-year veteran programmer from Mexico shares his honest emotional struggle with AI coding agents. While he appreciates Copilot as a productivity booster, he feels disoriented and empty when using agentic tools like Claude Code and Amazon Kiro to fully delegate coding tasks. He describes a personal experiment running two projects simultaneously — one coded manually with Copilot, one delegated to Claude Code — and reflects on the tension between efficiency gains and the loss of the craft he loves. The post resonates with many developers who feel the same but rarely admit it publicly.

I feel lost on AI

Delegating coding responsibilities to AI - and detaching from the coding process yet focusing on the actual architecture itself - is very similiar to evolving into a managerial role with a team of engineers. It’s not for everyone; some people definitely prefer to stay “in the weeds” as it were, but there’s a place for people who prefer either paradigm.

As someone starting in the tech industry, I feel more motivated than ever. No one can predict what will happen in the future. But I do know that if I keep up on being a great developer, then all will be well.

Using AI i see as a tool …as a senior developer for more than 2 decades
I am now happy that i dont need to write HTML code , css styles , simple programming logic over and over and over …again
Now I can really focus on what is important: Architecture, main Idea, business logic my time for studying new things, new ways increase 10x then before :)
I dont fill i am lost to AI … I feel I have “Lefty” partner in my War field where i can give him commands :) aaaaaaand sometimes it misses some shots but :) how dont

Amen. I feel exactly the same. You’re not alone. Another “old” guy here.