Comment by markus_zhang
1 day ago
For my personal projects, I use AI for discussion only. I treat it as a better Google and sometimes a fake psychiatrist. I don't really fully trust it, so I verify afterwards. If someone else wants to vibe code, I mean please do so as long as you enjoy the process. Personally I enjoy the coding process so I wouldn't want to copy/paste code, let alone letting it write directly in some editor.
For my work I use it extensively. I use Cursor as a senior engineer who breaks down problems and only writes the parts that interests me. I trust AI with other parts and do a review afterwards. AI prompting is a real skill. I don't like it but I don't like my work either.
> I don't like it but I don't like my work either.
man. this actually seems so profound to me. I feel the same way overall as far as personal vs. work projects and AI use, but this wording hits it on the nose.
Yeah, my life is gonna be a hell lot better if I don’t have to work. This is the 3rd day of my first vacation of the year and I already feel a bit better.
Of course the more into a job the less flexible the vacations become. I probably don’t want to be a staff engineer or a lead for that reason. A senior engineer is the best thing in the engineering world, if you don’t like the job.