Programming has always been a sort of creative outlet for me. Recently, I've hit a wall. With AI tools at my fingertips, I don't feel like building anything. Everything is within reach now. I could literally build whatever I want.
That is boring.
I probably haven't found them yet, but there aren't really any constraints anymore. Creativity thrives with constraints. At this moment, I just feel uninspired. I think I might be strange, but the end product is not really the fun part for me. It is not fun for me to have an idea and the answer be "yeah Claude could build that while I sleep." I need the struggle of research and planning and implementation. Sure, I could still work that way, but it almost feels futile. Like doing something the hard way just to be stubborn and to make it hard.
Maybe I'm just in a slump and I'll work my way out of it. Maybe I'll find what is exciting to me in this new world. Maybe it's time for a new creative outlet.