About this episode

The episode discusses the value of struggle in the context of AI taking over difficult tasks.

They say history doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes, and apparently so do show topics. A year on from our episode on the value of friction, the crew are back to discuss value of struggle. The question this time: now that AI will cheerfully do the hard part for you, which struggles are worth keeping, and which you can finally hand off? Follow the show and be sure to join the discussion on Discord! Our website is workingcode.dev and we're @workingcode.dev on Bluesky. New episodes drop weekly on Thursday. And, if you're feeling the love, support us on Patreon. Mentioned in this episode: Ronny Chieng's Harvard Class Day speech — the "your generation's job is to kill AI" address. With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media. Full show notes and transcript here: https://workingcode.dev/episodes/266-strugglemaxing/

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