This talk was given at ViennaJS January 2026 by Housein Abo Shaar.
AI can write code now, and it's only getting better at it. Which changes something I genuinely love: the act of programming. Just opening up an editor and typing away, observing problems and patterns, finding reusable solutions, caring about how my code looks while probably making a few too many premature abstractions.
However, I say "programming" for a reason, because it's entirely distinct from software engineering, the thing I actually do for a living.
In this talk, I'll go through my experience with AI: the ups and downs, the mistakes I made, and why I think I'll be using it a lot more in the future.