Engineer says Claude Code made his job "soul-sucking" as workers press enter 12 hours a day
An anonymous engineer posting as voxium on X said Claude Code now generates specs, tests, tickets and reports, leaving staff working 12-13 hours a day just pressing enter with no time to review code. The viral post drew reactions from Elon Musk and Chamath Palihapitiya.
- Engineer says Claude Code writes all code, tests and reports with little review
- Staff work 12-13 hours a day just to press enter, he claims
- Other developers echoed the story and fear job cuts as AI takes over tasks
- Elon Musk responded to the post with his trademark "Yikes"
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