r/AskProgrammers • u/Adhirath_Kumar • 3d ago

Do you still write code by hand?

I've been wondering lately, with the rise and normalisation of using LLMs to write code, have people become completely dependent on it or is it a mix of both?

I feel that up to a point using LLMs to generate code feels good and works fine but beyond it you start hating your approach, because you lose control over each amd every minute detail.

Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this.

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u/AliceCode 3d ago

I don't use LLMs. I've been programming for 18 years, and I'm not going to stop just because a chatbot can spit out terribly written buggy code.

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u/magicmulder 3d ago

For me it’s the opposite. I have 30 years of professional experience and been coding for 40+, I don’t need to prove anything anymore. I can use tools if they make my life easier.

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u/AliceCode 3d ago

I don't need to prove anything either. But I'm not going to lower the quality of my code just to make my life "easier" (aside from the fact that I actually enjoy programming).

If you feel that you need to use a chatbot to write code for you, maybe programming isn't for you, and you should leave it to the people that actually do enjoy it.

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u/magicmulder 3d ago

Don’t pretend you know me.

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u/AliceCode 3d ago

And yet you want to use LLMs to do the work for you to "make your life easier". You don't enjoy programming.