Hello everyone! For many years, I have been coding every once in a while and actually learned a lot. I especially liked C and C-Like languages and building useless stuff just for fun and for the sake of the intellectual challenge that came with it, but since when AI became decent enough, it just kinda ruined the passion for programming and computers as a whole. Thing is, I am in university now and need to go back to using C and program regularly, but now that AI does everything 20000 times better than I ever will I always either cede to temptation to use it (thus nullifying learning) or just get bored so quickly I just turn off the computer to do something different.

is there a way to revive the interest for programming and building projects? I am doing my best to stop using AI but heck I really am self-indulging. please help!

  • super_user_doOP
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    2 days ago

    Thank you bro. Reading through all those comments made me realize that it wasn’t AI to have killed my will to learn, but the strict university deadlines, peer pressure and the fact that I have turned a hobby into something I am not doing for pleasure anymore

    • bignose@programming.devEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Thanks for coming back to report this. I’m sure others here were, like me, hoping we could reach you with positive messages and give you the confidence in yourself you deserve.

      Stay strong and find your way. Write more articles here if you like. We’re wishing you well.