How AI Tools Make Programming More Enjoyable by Automating Repetitive Tasks

To me, one of the most annoying parts of software engineering is writing code that doesn't require thinking. It's just a typing exercise, and that's boring.

That includes code outside of the happy path, like error handling and input validation.

But also other typing exercises like processing an entity with 10 different types, where each type must be handled separately.

Or propagating one property through the system on 5 different types in multiple layers.

Writing tests is another enjoyable use-case. I design the architecture so the code is testable, write the first test so the AI knows how th