--- title: AI is slowly munching away my passion | daily.dev description: A developer reflects on how AI coding assistants are eroding their sense of identity and passion for programming. They describe losing traits that defined... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-is-slowly-munching-away-my-passion-ny3obiud2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI is slowly munching away my passion | daily.dev og:description: A developer reflects on how AI coding assistants are eroding their sense of identity and passion for programming. They describe losing traits that defined... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-is-slowly-munching-away-my-passion-ny3obiud2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NY3oBIud2.png og:image:alt: AI is slowly munching away my passion og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI is slowly munching away my passion **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 8 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer reflects on how AI coding assistants are eroding their sense of identity and passion for programming. They describe losing traits that defined them—like being "the automation person"—as AI now performs these tasks better. The piece explores emotional responses to non-deterministic tools, the democratization of technical skills, and concerns about credibility when all code could be AI-generated. The author grapples with whether to embrace or resist AI tools while mourning the transformation of programming from craft to commodity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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