I keep thinking about at which point I should not force myself into the loop. As a developer I really like working on the code structure, making it clearer, thinking about good abstraction, breaking into modules, etc. I really take pleasure in it. At the same time I understand that at some point I am becoming the limiting factor.

If the point of the software is benefit people, should I still care about how the code looks.

Right now, I still think that the answer is yes, but in 3 years? in 10 years?

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steezeburger an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It's tough if you're somewhere that isn't very meaningful to you beyond the technology. I think there will be an existential shift soon towards more fulfilling work. Maybe I'm naive or that's just what I feel I need for myself.

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cadamsdotcom 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You will always be able to ask the agent to do refactors for you - and it can do mega ones that exhaust you to think about!

	▲	yanis_t 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Two problems: I will not get my pleasure, and I will still not know how the code works.
	▲	datadrivenangel 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Agentic refactoring is very questionable if you want to maintain quality, as it will rewrite all your code to be more average.