Veteran dev mourns dying coding craft: from hand-sliced Photoshop corners to AI
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-10-06
A developer who cut his teeth in the IE 5.5/IE 6 era says he still loves his job but is a little sad that the coding parts are dying. He recalls manually slicing individual corners from Photoshop files to create rounded corners, calling today's developers spoiled.
The post captures a senior engineer's mixed feelings as AI coding tools erode hands-on craft: gratitude for modern conveniences alongside nostalgia for a passing era.
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