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Is Laser replacing TIG
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this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2025
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Yes, I agree with you, it doesn’t matter, yet it still makes it less fulfilling knowing that someone else with a laser can do a better job with much less effort.
I’m actually a developer, I love writing code, it’s my greatest passion. When LLMs showed up and for devs writing code using copilot became a thing, I felt the same way. That was such a massive hit to my enjoyment of programming, because it was so much more accessible and people who don’t even understand what they’re doing that well could suddenly write code. Everyone that uses LLM assisted programming is much more productive. And I hate that it’s no longer as hard and challenging as it used to be. This is exactly how I’m feeling about welding now.
It’s the knowing that with my hard work I can achieve what others can’t and that’s what impacts my fulfilment of the work that I do. The harder it is, the more satisfaction I feel.
I don't understand why the exclusivity is a factor, but that doesn't mean you're somehow wrong to have that mindset. My own mindset just doesn't jive with that idea.
To draw more parallels between welding and painting, the process may be more accessible now, but you can still make your creations distinctly yours. A master of a craft can leave their mark on even the simplest expressions of their skill. Perhaps that's an angle to take? Develop your own style and expression of your skill. Make the weld itself a part of the beauty of what you've created, not just there to hold it together. While others can make a basic weld with little practice, few if any can make a weld like yours. The stroke of the brush can be just as much a part of the art as the paint it lays down. Maybe getting to that level of skill is enough of a challenge to reignite your enjoyment.
In any case, I do hope you find that spark again.
Yes, thinking in a way that you describe does make it better, I should try to change my mindset, thank you! :)
Have you seem them being more productive?
Because I haven't. I have seen people producing worse code, and actually taking longer to get into working software. I also can't feel AI is helping me if I try to use coding agents. (I can use them as Stack Overflow, it's just useless to let them touch my code.)
I never tried any coding agents, but I do use LLMs just like you said - as stack overflow and it helps a lot which is fine, but I remember a year ago or so, I needed a quick javascript script for one time use and I hate javascript. I made chatGPT write the entire thing from start to finish, I didn’t even look at it, it worked fine. I bet the code was probably garbage.
I would often see devs talking about using coding agents that make them more productive. I no longer feel that bad about it actually, because now I hear they’ve relied on it so much, that they’re no longer able to write code themselves, haha.
But initially, all the craze about it did make me feel frustrated and took all the joy out of it. I don’t feel that way anymore though, I am slow compared to someone who just used autocomplete, but I know I’ve written every single line myself while those who just review code that an LLM has written probably haven’t thought about the problem they’re solving as deep as I have, leading to worse decisions in code overall while the code may still technically work.