There is a quiet grief a lot of builders are carrying right now.

There is a quiet grief a lot of builders are carrying right now.

Not fear of AI taking jobs.

The loss of a specific kind of joy.

The "go to bed stuck, wake up with the answer" loop. The shower Eureka. The hard-won breakthrough that made you feel sharp.

When AI can brute force the problem in 30 seconds, that loop collapses. And if you learned to love building through that loop, it can feel like someone moved the goalposts mid-game.

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