I'm reading Seneca right now and in one of his letters he said: "That focused concentration on one's work is deeply enjoyable in itself; the pleasure one has in the finished product after the work is done does not equal it. Now, the artist is enjoying the result of his art; while he was painting, he was enjoying the art itself".
And basically this is the problem I see in LLMs: they robbed me of these moments of enjoying the art of programming itself.
I sympathize completely with you, but.. they robbed you of these moments of enjoying the art of programming itself at your day job.
You are still free to enjoy it in your free time, just like I enjoy drawing or guitar playing in my free time. The loss we have experienced is the luxury of doing at work something we enjoy for its own sake.
And basically this is the problem I see in LLMs: they robbed me of these moments of enjoying the art of programming itself.