"I do miss programming": dev says AI coding killed the flow state
generativist · x · 2026-10-25
generativist reflects that while he still loves building new things, the unique flow state that only programming gave him since childhood is gone in the AI-assisted era — building and flow are "not the same thing anymore."
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