Going full AI engineer, not touching code anymore
The author reflects on their transition from writing code to focusing on architectural decisions and oversight in software development. They express that the enjoyable part of coding was not the act of typing but rather the decision-making process behind it. This shift has allowed them to concentrate on more critical aspects of their work, such as system scalability and problem-solving.
- ▪The author no longer writes code and finds satisfaction in their new role as an architect and reviewer.
- ▪They believe that the most enjoyable aspect of coding was the decision-making process rather than the actual coding itself.
- ▪The shift has led to increased focus on learning and addressing more significant challenges in their work.
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going full ai engineer, not touching code anymore2026-05-19 · ~5 minI don’t write code anymore and I am not missing it.Not a function. Not a bug fix. Not a feature. From this blog to complex and ambitious work at enum, things that should never break.And I love it.The part I thought was the fun partI’ve been writing code for almost two decades. I was the kid running Linux and trying to create plugins for my Minecraft community. I remember the happiness I felt when things worked after hours of tinkering.Since then I worked on many projects, from simple websites as a teenager to highly scalable distributed systems at enum and Wunder Software. I optimized my whole workflow around coding. I use a split keyboard, I code in nvim and I touched a lot of programming languages.
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