# Bookmarked: Programming As A Hobby In The Age Of AI

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-10-19
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/10/19/programming-as-a-hobby-in-the-age-of-ai/
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> This is no longer true. In a world where AI generates the code, my syntax explorations simply don't matter. My digging into the edge cases of a language or a framework have become irrelevant. My desire to develop "taste" around code methodologies and organizational strategies has become vestigial.
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> At least it has professionally.
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> But not personally. In terms of exercising my brain and giving myself a moment of zen and a source of joy, coding is still a high-value activity. Just in a much narrower sense. Coding is no longer the four-way win that it once was — it's now become my version of gardening. Or of meditating. Or of doing the crossword puzzle. Or of painting. It is a self-care luxury that I can indulge when I have some free time.

There's a high level of maturity in this post coming from a place of self awareness. I admire this level of clarity in people.

*Source:* [www.bennadel.com](https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4908-programming-as-a-hobby-in-the-age-of-ai.htm)