I gather there are some people who really enjoy actually writing the code. And I think I did too at one point. But after 50 years of writing code, I feel like I've done it enough and it no longer has anything to teach me.

I still want to design the program structure and its processes, and get everything just right. But having done that, I feel like actually writing the code is a chore that I'm glad I no longer have to do.

I'm not claiming that has any moral valence, not that this is good, or bad, or the result of greater maturity, or anything like that. It's just where I am now, personally.

I think it explains some of the difference between my response to Claude and many other people's. For them a joyful activity is being taken away. To me, it feels like the slow tedious part is being handled by my assistant.