I thought so too. After a few weeks of semi-auto mode, I can clearly see how my codebase deteriorates. Humanity is not over yet.

Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50438318

Edit: by "semi-auto", I mean auto mode + lots of manual involvement, as opposed to an agent loop or other yolo strategies

You haven't answered my question.

Since the release of Opus 5.5 I have more work than ever and it enables me to move out from the coding I never really enjoyed to a full stack product engineering.

I'm also working on transitioning from a classic SWE to a small independent team doing our own products.

Sure I won't make as much money for doing bullshit changes in some old legacy system but I will actually deliver things people will like using, and I'll be in touch with other people on a daily basis.