The Human-in-the-Loop Is Tired

It can be genuinely hard to step back and remember that you’re allowed to just… write code. But switching between LLM-assisted and manual work is jarring and uncomfortable, two very different modes of thinking, and it takes a kind of maturity and confidence to give yourself permission to switch.
The craft didn’t die, it evolved. What became less relevant was the obsession with pixel-level control. What became more relevant was understanding systems, adaptability, and designing for uncertainty.
The code is changing. What we do with it is changing. How it feels is… a work in progress.
But the humans are still in the loop. We’re just tired. And that’s worth talking about.