When the AI extension came in, I started writing less code, reading more.
When Claude Desktop app came in, I did not like it, stuck with the VSCode extension.
Then the app got better, and the extension got worse. so I switched my focus to that instead of the code editor.
I now view the diffs in the Claude app instead of VSCode, and only switch to VSCode for a more thorough review.
Now VSCode ships with a new view, similar to that of Claude.
I rarely open VSCode now. I rarely write code now.
I miss writing code.
You only feel powerful when you boostrap a project because you wirte a lots of skeleton code or init core logic.
Nowaday we dont have chance to even write those kind of code I miss writing code too.
1. Prototyper: comes up with brand new ideas; churns out many ideas, most of which don't ship 2. Builder: quickly turns a prototype/idea into production-grade product/infra 3. Sweeper: cleans up the UI, simplifies the code and system, unships, optimizes performance 4. Grower: takes a product that has been built and iterates on it to improve Product-Market Fit 5. Maintainer: owns a mature system to make it secure, reliable, fast, and efficient as it scales
There isn’t a single SOTA model on the market that writes code as nicely as I write it.
I can only suspect these people saying they write no code have zero taste, because that’s the only way I can understand accepting the unsophisticated garbage these models produce.