Veteran coder says treating Claude as a design partner made building software fun again
shimoheihei2 · reddit · 2026-10-21
A Reddit user who has coded since the late 90s but never identified as a developer shares a positive take on AI-assisted workflows, pushing back against developers who feel they've become mere prompters.
His key point: it depends on how you use the model. He treats Claude as an assistant — constantly planning, bouncing ideas, and discussing concepts — which makes him far more productive and doing more projects, and he finds it more enjoyable than coding used to be.
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