My Best Engineer Just Told Me AI Made His Job Boring
A Hacker News thread with 400+ comments captured what my senior engineer said quietly in our 1-on-1: AI coding agents are eating the creative, enjoyable parts of software engineering and leaving humans with the tedious review work. As a tech lead, I’m watching engagement scores drop while velocity metrics climb. Here’s what that tension actually looks like from the inside, and the three structural changes I’m trying to keep my team from checking out.