# Developer builds website using AI agents, questions ethics and joy in coding

Digest AI · Society & Work · published 2026-09-24T15:54:23Z

Canonical: https://digestai.news/story/developer-builds-website-using-ai-agents-questions-ethics-and-joy-in-c

## Summary

A PhD scientist and software developer built a website for their typewriter collection using AI agents, avoiding manual coding entirely. They used AI to design features like a query-based tag engine and a timeline, guided by prompts and corrections. The process was faster but stripped away the creative and problem-solving joy of traditional coding.

The developer highlights ethical concerns: AI-generated code relies on uncredited, uncompensated public codebases, undermining open-source contributions. They also note the financial and environmental costs of AI tools. Despite these issues, the developer admits AI’s efficiency forced them to adopt it for personal projects, leaving them conflicted about its long-term impact on software development.

## Key points

- Developer used AI agents to build a website without writing code, relying on prompts and corrections
- Features like a tag query engine and timeline were created entirely by AI, with human oversight
- Developer expresses ethical concerns over uncredited code use and loss of coding joy

## Why it matters

Raises questions about AI’s role in software development: efficiency vs. creativity, ethics of code reuse, and the future of coding as a skill.

## Sources

1. [I Have a Confession: I Built This Site with AI](https://dynamicallytyped.org/blog/i-have-a-confession-i-built-this-site-with-ai) (dynamicallytyped.org, 2026-09-24)

## Cite

Digest AI, "Developer builds website using AI agents, questions ethics and joy in coding", 24 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/developer-builds-website-using-ai-agents-questions-ethics-and-joy-in-c

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