For clarity – I’m not a software engineer but I like writing stuff in Go and have a few side projects. I originally decided to learn Go so I could more effectively read and eventually contribute to open source projects in the K8s space, where there’s a lot of Go.

Almost every day I see posts/articles about how AI’s going to take over software engineering jobs and I find it exhausting because deep down, I know it’s bullshit, but it’s everywhere.

Yet, I feel compelled to use tools like Copilot and ChatGPT in my programming projects to keep up. I feel guilty if I don’t – like I’m not keeping up with with the latest tools.

However, if I do, It’s so tempting to just keep copy-pasting generated code until something “Just Works”, rather than going down rabbit holes myself, diving into docs, experiment, fail, repeat until I get it working exactly how I want.

Perhaps it’s just lack of discipline on my side – I should just not use the tools. I’m actively hoping for Gen AI to plateau – which I think is already happening so people can temper their expectations.

For those who actually code for work as a career – I entirely sympathise with you all for the nonsense the industry is going through at the moment.