u/redaben_

I am losing passion and interest in CompSci/programming/IT, and I would like to know if there are some other people going through the same thing.

Some context:

I started programming at a relatively early age (16yo\*), which was around 2020, before LLMs\*\* and coding agents.

I discovered it and started doing it because I was really curious and deeply interested in science and tech. And it directly clicked. I liked the idea of having an idea in your head and then programming it and making it come true, something from your head to the real world.

I liked the thinking you had to go through, and the problems you encountered, and how you had to think really hard to find a solution and see it work after implementing it. It was really satisfying, and boy, I spent hours and hours coding and researching and understanding complex architectures. You know, when you're a kid, you have a lot of free time, and I used to code day and night, staying up until 4 or 5 am coding.

All of this just to tell you that everything I built, I understood it from top to bottom, and I knew every detail and expected every behavior, knew why and how and what my code did exactly. I could answer every question about my apps, why I chose some architecture or why I did something a certain way or what my code did or didn't do, etc.

Also, something very important: I used to talk with a lot of CompSci peers that actually knew what they were doing, just like me.

Fast-forward, we're in 2026. I graduated, and now I'm working in IT, but everything changed. Now, with the rise of coding agents and LLMs, at work, LLMs do all the coding work and even big parts (if not all) of the architecture. So now everyone is expecting you to go very fast because of this. You're forced to delegate all the architecture and coding work to the LLMs.

Result of this: you have a very light idea of what your app code does exactly and how it does things. I mean, sure, you go through the code that the AI wrote, but come on, it will never be like code you wrote line by line and know every detail of and expect its behavior.

Also, what PISSES ME OFF is that you can't answer most questions about your code, because you were forced to delegate your work to the AIs, and now you don't know how it works. You're asked a question, and you start to stutter because you need your claude to be near you.

And the last thing, no one really knows what they're doing anymore. There no longer are any interesting talks about architecture or implementations. It's mostly just, "well let's ask what claude thinks about this..."

People that started programming not out of passion but just because they heard that CompSci pays a lot and code exclusively from 9 to 5 might not understand this, which is fine. I am not belittling anyone, and I don't expect everyone to be passionate about their job. But you know, I think these guys won't necessarily feel this. They might be just like, "Oh cool, AI does my job, I can chill a little" which is understandable, but in my case, this is what makes me lose passion. We're no longer doing the hard parts.

Bottom line: the field is advancing, which is great. It is changing, and you can't do anything about it. But in this change, the things that used to be my passion are disappearing, and I don't know what to do with my life ahaha

My first idea is to somehow change fields, and leave programming and CompSci only as a pleasure and an activity I do at home, because I can no longer stand it being my job and forcing me to develop AI slop.

I have nothing against AI and LLMs. If it allows us to ship faster and more cheaply, then it will be adopted, whether I want it or not. I am not saying we shouldn't use AI. I'm just expressing my feelings and how my passion for CompSci is fading away.

**Does anyone feel like me?**

\*16yo might sound not that early for some, but in my country it is.

\*\* LLMs existed back then but were not used for coding, and it was pre-chatgpt revolution.

I am losing passion and interest in CompSci/programming/IT, and I would like to know if there are some other people going through the same thing.

Some context:

I started programming at a relatively early age (16yo*), which was around 2020, before LLMs** and coding agents.

I discovered it and started doing it because I was really curious and deeply interested in science and tech. And it directly clicked. I liked the idea of having an idea in your head and then programming it and making it come true, something from your head to the real world.

I liked the thinking you had to go through, and the problems you encountered, and how you had to think really hard to find a solution and see it work after implementing it. It was really satisfying, and boy, I spent hours and hours coding and researching and understanding complex architectures. You know, when you're a kid, you have a lot of free time, and I used to code day and night, staying up until 4 or 5 am coding.

All of this just to tell you that everything I built, I understood it from top to bottom, and I knew every detail and expected every behavior, knew why and how and what my code did exactly. I could answer every question about my apps, why I chose some architecture or why I did something a certain way or what my code did or didn't do, etc.

Also, something very important: I used to talk with a lot of CompSci peers that actually knew what they were doing, just like me.

Fast-forward, we're in 2026. I graduated, and now I'm working in IT, but everything changed. Now, with the rise of coding agents and LLMs, at work, LLMs do all the coding work and even big parts (if not all) of the architecture. So now everyone is expecting you to go very fast because of this. You're forced to delegate all the architecture and coding work to the LLMs.

Result of this: you have a very light idea of what your app code does exactly and how it does things. I mean, sure, you go through the code that the AI wrote, but come on, it will never be like code you wrote line by line and know every detail of and expect its behavior.

Also, what PISSES ME OFF is that you can't answer most questions about your code, because you were forced to delegate your work to the AIs, and now you don't know how it works. You're asked a question, and you start to stutter because you need your claude to be near you.

And the last thing, no one really knows what they're doing anymore. There no longer are any interesting talks about architecture or implementations. It's mostly just, "well let's ask what claude thinks about this..."

People that started programming not out of passion but just because they heard that CompSci pays a lot and code exclusively from 9 to 5 might not understand this, which is fine. I am not belittling anyone, and I don't expect everyone to be passionate about their job. But you know, I think these guys won't necessarily feel this. They might be just like, "Oh cool, AI does my job, I can chill a little" which is understandable, but in my case, this is what makes me lose passion. We're no longer doing the hard parts.

Bottom line: the field is advancing, which is great. It is changing, and you can't do anything about it. But in this change, the things that used to be my passion are disappearing, and I don't know what to do with my life ahaha

My first idea is to somehow change fields, and leave programming and CompSci only as a pleasure and an activity I do at home, because I can no longer stand it being my job and forcing me to develop AI slop.

I have nothing against AI and LLMs. If it allows us to ship faster and more cheaply, then it will be adopted, whether I want it or not. I am not saying we shouldn't use AI. I'm just expressing my feelings and how my passion for CompSci is fading away.

Does anyone feel like me?

*16yo might sound not that early for some, but in my country it is.

** LLMs existed back then but were not used for coding, and it was pre-chatgpt revolution.

I am losing passion and interest in CompSci/programming/IT, and I would like to know if there are some other people going through the same thing.

Some context:

I started programming at a relatively early age (16yo*), which was around 2020, before LLMs** and coding agents.

I discovered it and started doing it because I was really curious and deeply interested in science and tech. And it directly clicked. I liked the idea of having an idea in your head and then programming it and making it come true, something from your head to the real world.

I liked the thinking you had to go through, and the problems you encountered, and how you had to think really hard to find a solution and see it work after implementing it. It was really satisfying, and boy, I spent hours and hours coding and researching and understanding complex architectures. You know, when you're a kid, you have a lot of free time, and I used to code day and night, staying up until 4 or 5 am coding.

All of this just to tell you that everything I built, I understood it from top to bottom, and I knew every detail and expected every behavior, knew why and how and what my code did exactly. I could answer every question about my apps, why I chose some architecture or why I did something a certain way or what my code did or didn't do, etc.

Also, something very important: I used to talk with a lot of CompSci peers that actually knew what they were doing, just like me.

Fast-forward, we're in 2026. I graduated, and now I'm working in IT, but everything changed. Now, with the rise of coding agents and LLMs, at work, LLMs do all the coding work and even big parts (if not all) of the architecture. So now everyone is expecting you to go very fast because of this. You're forced to delegate all the architecture and coding work to the LLMs.

Result of this: you have a very light idea of what your app code does exactly and how it does things. I mean, sure, you go through the code that the AI wrote, but come on, it will never be like code you wrote line by line and know every detail of and expect its behavior.

Also, what PISSES ME OFF is that you can't answer most questions about your code, because you were forced to delegate your work to the AIs, and now you don't know how it works. You're asked a question, and you start to stutter because you need your claude to be near you.

And the last thing, no one really knows what they're doing anymore. There no longer are any interesting talks about architecture or implementations. It's mostly just, "well let's ask what claude thinks about this..."

People that started programming not out of passion but just because they heard that CompSci pays a lot and code exclusively from 9 to 5 might not understand this, which is fine. I am not belittling anyone, and I don't expect everyone to be passionate about their job. But you know, I think these guys won't necessarily feel this. They might be just like, "Oh cool, AI does my job, I can chill a little" which is understandable, but in my case, this is what makes me lose passion. We're no longer doing the hard parts.

Bottom line: the field is advancing, which is great. It is changing, and you can't do anything about it. But in this change, the things that used to be my passion are disappearing, and I don't know what to do with my life ahaha

My first idea is to somehow change fields, and leave programming and CompSci only as a pleasure and an activity I do at home, because I can no longer stand it being my job and forcing me to develop AI slop.

I have nothing against AI and LLMs. If it allows us to ship faster and more cheaply, then it will be adopted, whether I want it or not. I am not saying we shouldn't use AI. I'm just expressing my feelings and how my passion for CompSci is fading away.

Does anyone feel like me?

*16yo might sound not that early for some, but in my country it is.

** LLMs existed back then but were not used for coding, and it was pre-chatgpt revolution.

Bonjour tout le monde,

J'aimerais savoir si d'autres abonnés Fitness Park ont déjà eu ce problème et ce que vous en pensez.

Mon téléphone est un iPhone 11 sous iOS 16. Aujourd'hui, je ne peux pas installer l'application Fitness Park, car elle demande une version plus récente d'iOS. Pour passer à cette version, il faudrait déjà que je fasse une grosse mise à jour que je ne peux pas installer actuellement, notamment par manque d'espace (ce n'est pas un caprice de ma part, je ne peux juste vraiment pas installer l'application, l'AppStore me bloque).

Les deux premières fois où je suis allé à ma salle, j'ai simplement expliqué la situation à l'accueil. Les deux personnes présentes à l'accueil m'ont ouvert le tourniquet sans aucun problème, avec le sourire. Je pensais donc qu'il existait une procédure pour ce genre de cas.

La troisième fois, je tombe sur une autre personne à l'accueil. Après lui avoir demandé un renseignement, je lui demande aussi de m'ouvrir le tourniquet. Et là elle me dit : "On va pas t'ouvrir comme ça à chaque fois hein."

Je lui explique calmement que ce n'est pas un caprice, que je ne peux tout simplement pas installer l'application, et je lui demande quelle est la solution dans ce cas.

Et là je me prends un : "C'est soit tu achètes un nouveau téléphone, soit tu payes une carte 15 €."

Au-delà de la façon de parler que j'ai trouvée franchement limite, c'est surtout la solution proposée qui m'a laissé perplexe.

Je paie déjà un abonnement. Pourquoi devrais-je payer 15 € de plus simplement pour avoir le droit d'entrer dans la salle ? J'ai du mal à comprendre la logique. Je ne demande pas un service supplémentaire, je demande juste un moyen d'accéder au service pour lequel je paie déjà.

Je ne suis pas le genre de client à faire une scène parce qu'un employé a été un peu sec. Ce n'est même pas ce qui m'intéresse le plus ici. Ce qui me dérange vraiment, c'est qu'on me présente comme seule solution le fait d'acheter un nouveau téléphone ou de payer un supplément juste pour accéder à mon abonnement.

Est-ce que certains d'entre vous ont déjà été dans cette situation ? Est-ce que les 15 € sont vraiment obligatoires quand on ne peut pas utiliser l'application ? Je trouve ça assez étonnant.

lkhot wa7d l2oghnia mn sba7 w hia kador lia frassi baghi ntsenet liha w ma l9ithaaach ma fhamtch

hadi hia tel3a dialha :

booolé bombolé bombooolééé

booolé bombolé bombolééé

hadchi li 3a9l 3lih w kandon disque dial shakira

layr7am lwalidin li 3arf had disque ra darrni rassi 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Without searching the internet, answer from what you know only : What do you think the song 'Laghzal Fatma' is about?

Hello Algerian friends, I am a Moroccan living in a city with a large Algerian population (Marseille). I was wondering: how hard is it for you guys to understand the Moroccan dialect (Casablanca region, if you can tell the difference) ?

Because while I understand Algerian 100%, like every single word, I feel like when I talk a little too fast in Moroccan, Algerians don't follow. So I start slowing down and using Algerian words that I don't fully master, and it makes my social interactions here a little bit too awkward hhh.

Is it just an impression, or is Moroccan not that obvious for you ?

also what does "bark" and "tsma" mean ? i hear those a lot but have no idea when are they used

Mo2akharan bdit kan fakar f wa7d nadaria, wahia anaho ta chi wa7ed ma ki 3ejbo lben, mais kolchi ki metel, bach bnadm i dir fiha khater w ytla9 3lik dik "hmmm had lben wa3er fih zebda" w yban nadi

I want to know your opinion, do you see immigrants coming to Morocco as :

• A danger to Morocco, and we should stop it or somehow legally limit the number of immigrants that can enter morocco ?
• An opportunity for Morocco, and we should encourage it or finance it (through scholarship and job opportunities...)?
• Should illegal immigrants be regulated or automatically deported ?

How do you view this situation, and what approach should the country take in your opinion?

My company's secret management is a mess so i am trying to set up OpenBAO for secret management.

At first it looked like a good idea, because i thought it would protect from an attacker that would gain shell access to the server (he could not read .env files or /proc/<pid>/environ etc...).

But when i dag a little deeper into it, i don't understand what is it's benefit. Any method to implement auto-unseal turns out not really more secure thant .env files :

• OpenBAO with auto-unseal via transit : an attacker that gains access to the transit bao can get everything he wants + you have to keep a token in the main bao to login to the transit one, which comes down to .env files security level.
• OpenBAO with KMS and IAM (Azure, AWS...): an attacker that gains access to the server can query the IP 169\.254.169.254 and access the master keyr.
• OpenBAO with KMS and static KMS credentials : same problem with .env files.
• OpenBAO with static key "seal "static" : equivalent to .env files.
• OpenBAO with HSM : equivalent to .env because any attacker with access to the server + pin can get the key.

Shamir's secret sharing is more secure than these all (depending on where and how each person store's it's share) but it is not suited for CI/CD etc.

What are your thoughts on this ? Is it possible to set up a secret management system with 0 secrets or something that is as secure and production-ready ?

My company's secret management is a mess so i am trying to set up OpenBAO for secret management.

At first it looked like a good idea, because i thought it would protect from an attacker that would gain shell access to the server (he could not read .env files or /proc/<pid>/environ etc...).

But when i dag a little deeper into it, i don't understand what is it's benefit. Any method to implement auto-unseal turns out not really more secure thant .env files :

• OpenBAO with auto-unseal via transit : an attacker that gains access to the transit bao can get everything he wants + you have to keep a token in the main bao to login to the transit one, which comes down to .env files security level.
• OpenBAO with KMS and IAM (Azure, AWS...): an attacker that gains access to the server can query the IP 169\.254.169.254 and access the master keyr.
• OpenBAO with KMS and static KMS credentials : same problem with .env files.
• OpenBAO with static key "seal "static" : equivalent to .env files.
• OpenBAO with HSM : equivalent to .env because any attacker with access to the server + pin can get the key.

Shamir's secret sharing is more secure than these all (depending on where and how each person store's it's share) but it is not suited for CI/CD etc.

What are your thoughts on this ? Is it possible to set up a secret management system with 0 secrets or something that is as secure and production-ready ?