Coders Are Having Fun Again, and It’s AI’s Fault

In the early days of learning to code, programmers found joy in the challenge of figuring things out, getting things to work, and seeing ideas come to life on screen. Over time, that sense of satisfaction often gave way to frustration. Tooling became more complex, documentation more fragmented, and a growing share of time was spent wrestling with boilerplate, brittle systems, and obscure errors. Now, AI tools are quietly reversing that trend. By taking on the tedious and repetitive parts in the developer’s workflow, they’re helping programmers focus on the parts that made the field exciting in the first place.  Even though AI-generated code can be problematic, developers are still embracing AI-powered programming. The Programming Grind That Killed The Joy Biswajeet Par