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0 pointscheschire7mo ago0 comments

If you don't see how that fits into "group 2" in GP's comment even though it wasn't explicitly called out, then we may have identifed why you don't find agentic coding to be enjoyable.

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a5c117mo ago

That's true, I really don't enjoy expressing my ideas in natural language because I already see them as code in my head. So, what's the point of translating the code in my head to human language to produce the code? I can just write the code, lol. Vim shortcuts + two-hands typing and you are fast enough.

cheschireOP7mo ago

Have you considered writing code to the agent? It doesn’t have to be natural language.

When you start to integrate MCPs it feels especially like programming in a new language. You basically end up adding commands to your tool.

a5c117mo ago

I already know like five of them, it's more than enough to write anything my weird brain comes up with :D. I'm fine with the setup I have now, if I ever would have to use agentic coding because my employer would demand doing things faster, for the pure sake of doing things faster, I will just quit. If everyone started demanding that, I will just say "goodbye" to my IT career for good because that wouldn't be fun anymore; yet another white collar job.

It's only about me having fun from coding. The low-level stuff is the most fun part. I don't know why is it so hard to swallow pill.

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cheschireOP7mo ago

Have you considered writing code to the agent? It doesn’t have to be natural language.

When you start to integrate MCPs it feels especially like programming in a new language. You basically end up adding commands to your tool.

a5c117mo ago

It's only about me having fun from coding. The low-level stuff is the most fun part. I don't know why is it so hard to swallow pill.

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