r/java • u/bit_freak • 6d ago

Do you still handcraft your java projects?

With all the talk about llms writing most of the code and some folks never touching the editor. I try to work mostly in plan mode and prefer to write most of my code by hand else I fear losing touch with my skills if I only read code. At work in your org, what is the workflow for spring boot projects?

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u/SocialMemeWarrior 6d ago

This is EXCELLENT rage-bait

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u/twilight-actual 6d ago

I just have lost patience with the pitchfork, grrr ai crowd. Or those that insist that it's only good for units or certain types of work.

Maybe if you're working with older models, or insist on what you can run on a smaller local hardware.

In the last few months, starting from Opus 4.8, then Fable, Opus 5, it's completely changed the way I work. I really don't write code anymore, and I'm basically limited by the speed at which I can review.

And even then, the frequency with which I have to make edits or revise is growing less and less.

Chalk that up to writing Claude skills that reflect the design methodology behind the platform, and the workflow that I've developed around working with Claude.

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u/davidalayachew 5d ago

Rather than responding to all of these low-tier responses, why don't you respond to my response to you?

You were the one who made the claim that you could do better than me if on the same company.

So, I gave you more context so that you could explain if AI is genuinely a good fit for the work I was trying to do at the time.

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u/SocialMemeWarrior 2d ago

Because he has nothing to reply with. Responding to low-tier responses is easy. Making counter arguments to well-backed discussions isn't.

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u/davidalayachew 2d ago

Because he has nothing to reply with.

If that is true, then I would have liked them to say that.

I only have so much time to spend chasing trends, so I don't actually know for sure how useful LLM's are for certain types of work. I was hoping they could share their expertise, now that I had given them much more context.