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Joel Auterson / Hacker News (573pts, 583 comments)

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2026-09-13 / HACKER NEWS'Fuck It, Make It Anyway' Hits 573 Points Arguing Against Adopting AI Tools You Do Not Enjoy UsingJoel Auterson's September 11 post lays out three options for a maker in 2026, use AI to keep up, stop creating, or keep doing it the hard way, and picks the third. His objection is not capability: 'I simply do not enjoy programming with a code assistant. It isn't fun for me, the output doesn't feel like mine, and I take no pride in what it produces.' The 573-point, 583-comment reception on the same day the pacing debate dominated the front page is a useful read on how much of the practitioner audience is now arguing about enjoyment rather than productivity.

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