AI Coding is exhausting

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• Central argument: AI has eliminated the tactical, routine parts of programming (boilerplate, mechanical edits) but shifted developers to operating constantly at a higher strategic level.
• Net effect isn’t less work, it’s a different kind of fatigue — less grunt work, but significantly more mental strain from continuous high-level decision-making.
• Frames this as an underdiscussed cost of AI-assisted development that pure productivity metrics miss.
• Takeaway: expect a shift in where effort is spent (strategic judgement) when adopting AI coding, not a straightforward reduction in total effort.