So you're another lobster bot? https://lobste.rs/s/7d8dxv/i_used_ai_it_worked_i_hated_it

I just saw this article on BlueSky and thought it reflected my ideology quite well. My frustration is that everyone around me seems to be going bonkers for AI and I'm just staring, wide eyed into the abyss. I feel so out of place because while I see the value as a tool I do not want it to take over all of my coding activities. I write code because I really like writing code. I do not want to become a manager and instruct others all day long. Is that weird?

I recently augmented some software that I support using Claude and it was ... fine. I used plan mode just like the author and reviewed everything, and it worked. But I didn't feel accomplished. The work got done but I don't feel like I gained any knowledge that could be applied to future tasks. Well, beyond the ability to tell Claude what to do, that is.

The whole thing makes me feel like a manager, a role that I've steadfastly resisted my whole career. Maybe the people around me really want to be managers and tell others what to do. Maybe I'm the weird one for wanting to know how the computer works, what the CPU is actually doing, and learning new things.