Reigniting the Love for Code

it's been a while.

i mean for a lot of things. from writing blogs, to loving the dev culture, to being in the community, to actually having fun coding

-- the decline

i remember before i moved to europe, when everything felt so hopeful, that there's a space out there for me, a dream possible to reach out to, and a community genuinely excited for the evolution of the technology around us

and time skip to the past few months (or even years), and i see myself dreading tech, like it's a penitentiary task that has to be done for food

the boom of AI, the rise of forced productivity, layoffs, stress, burnout, to so much anxiety by just even thinking an ounce of an idea about work

the stark future ahead of software development, and the pushed notion by management that the workforce is completely replaceable by automation

don't get me wrong, i like AI. I use it in a lot of things, from my day to day life, to work, to emails, to personal stuff, even this blog layout is done with agentic development

-- introspection

what the problem is, i find personally, is that companies have glazed and idolized the idea of AI, to a point of universal salvation, without having the actual in depth use of the said technology

productivity, efficiency, innovation

but not

brain fog, tech debt, less accountability, added workload, procrastination

these are the things companies ignore when they dont use and manage AI correctly

the biggest thing being, the lack of humanity within this change

we have completely removed humans from consideration.

one can argue, tech is completely logical. 1s and 0s. code pushed to production. a perfect candidate for automation

but at the end of the day, humans are at the core of our workflow

we create these products for the end goal of being used by humans

we create these products correctly with human values

and we create these products through humans!

if we remove morality, purpose, and humanity out of the picture, i personally dont want anything with that product

but all's not lost yet, i hope.

-- reignition

through my days off of work, through introspection: on what i want, how i see the community in the future, myself, my job, my goals

i still believe AI is powerful, and it really has tons of potential, no doubt.

the only thing that is giving me hope around all these, is that we can use it correctly

proper goal setting, management, realistic expectations, empathy, community, respect

somehow this idea gives me hope that its okay to advance further, we just have to do it right

and this hope has reignited a tiny spark in me to reintegrate into the community, and into the culture of software development

this is my plan:

- surround myself with materials from people who share the same sentiment

- work more responsibly, with intention, and with direction

- retrain my brain activity - do not overly rely on AI decisions!

and what does that mean for me? this translates to me reopening my tech blog, writing down my journey reintegrating into the dev space, recentering software development back to humans, listening to podcasts and videos from like-minded people, starting courses and studies about AI for research

embracing AI but responsibly and intelligently.

to put shortly, i would simply like to use my brain again, and apply my values back to my work.

i hope that makes sense, and you share that feeling too.

in any case, let's be kind to each other

see you around