I've just spent the entire weekend coding a simple command-line tool to remote-control a camera. My repo proudly says "This code was not made with AI".

I hate programming now, in the age of AI. I've given up all my open-source projects. It's all abandonware. AI killed all the fun out of this job for me. But I needed this tool to take photos, and there was no way in hell I'd let a machine make it.

AI could have made it in 5 minutes and, while not as good as my code (I reckon), it would have been plenty good enough and fit enough for the purpose. But I have my pride, and my pride cost me an entire weekend.