As programmers, we should take pride in what we produce both in product and in codebase. And even though AI is doing most of the heavy lifting in terms of actual programming and review, we should still program as if we were writing for humans.
Since the dawn of artificial intelligence, namely the large language models we see today, there is a crisis of identity among certain software engineers. When the joy is taken away, and now all we do is prompt, what have you become?
Let's be real, we've got the tokens to spend. Let's just host our own apps.
I removed Docker from my laptop and moved it to a remote machine to save on disk space.
I've found enjoyment in forgetting about the destination. When I'm hyper-focused on the outcome, I can't enjoy or maximize my present efforts.
I'm convinced after every model release that we won't be losing our jobs to the next 'most powerful model.'
I built a Kubernetes management app that has AI as a first‑class citizen instead of a feature tacked on and stapled together.
I moved my apps and managed database from DigitalOcean to a local multi-node Kubernetes cluster. Hosting my own cluster using two local nodes and a node off-premise allowed me to save $150 a month. The local node allows me to have redundancy and achieve better performance without breaking the bank.
The piece reflects on the unsettling feeling of being in your early thirties, caught between where you expected to be and where you actually are, and how fears about time running out can make the future feel crushingly close. It ultimately reassures that many people start later and still succeed, emphasizing that there’s still plenty of time to learn, grow, and focus on the present instead of trying to live the future all at once.
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