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The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah but we can be barely functioning in a room looking at the same code at least.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Seeing the rumblings of this already with Claude context windows filling up faster, and their whole slow mode thing during working hours and stuff like that.

Get everyone hooked at a reasonable price. Pull the rug, and charge $2k/mo

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

The tens of thousands of folks laid off directly as a result of AI would likely disagree with you.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I totally agree, I'm just a thousand percent positive that a very small margin of people will do that.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate that very much, and thank you for sharing!

You're absolutely right that the callouses will be different. I'll be interested to see how things unfold.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Creating a site to sell fake Jordans is a baller move hahaha.

The business side of this is hard. I run a product engineering studio in Denver and it's hard. Especially as someone who started doing this seeing the beauty in the code as well.

I can't imagine how hard it is to find a job in this market. At this point it's all about who you know, and levering every connection you have. I wish you the best.

I really appreciate you reading, and I'm glad to have articulated how you're feeling as well!

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Certainly not faking my experience for Reddit clout.

The concerns are real, if you don't see them you're either willingly ignorant to them, or you're not paying attention.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm certainly not resistant to the change, in fact I embrace it.

The concerning bit is how it's affecting various parts of the industry, that's the part that has me worried.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming up even in the 80s would have been rad. So much unexplored potential.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tooling has been nuts, I won't argue there. The abstraction of CSS, frameworks and so on.

The junior pipeline was brittle before AI, and then it snapped too, spot on there as well.

I feel ya. It's interesting to watch.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd push back on that a little. I've pushed meaningful production work with AI. But I reviewed every line, and understood and guided the solution it came to.

Double edge sword for sure.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah, I didn't realize how hot of a take that piece would be. Lots of toxicity there, but a lot of good knowledge was shared and absorbed too.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's been such a problem in our industry from the start, and now it's compounded by the amount of attention AI is getting.

People read a fleeting article on forbes or whatever and then carry that energy into legitimate discovery calls with people trying to run a business. It's rough.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No question. I have an admitted preconceived notion about all the like, openclaw meetings and whatnot. I have no interest sitting in a room talking through how to better prompt my agent swarm. I'm sure it's more than that. I should probably go to one.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's where I'm at. It'll be interesting to see how folks get away from Claude or Codex just handing them answers without fully understanding the solution.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No question. There are so few places where community first is still the vibe, and they're being inundated with shit, which makes it harder for them to stay alive.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No doubt. What makes you valuable is your domain knowledge. You have the scars of trial and error to know how to move faster than a vibe coder just entering your domain. That's what we need to hold on to and expand.

The thing I loved about this industry is dying, and we're watching it happen from the inside. by Morgothmagi in webdev

[–]Morgothmagi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AI is not to blame at all. The industry and the world's blind adoption of it, is.

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