Have you heard of the latest mental health phenomenon? Weirdly, it only affects programmers. Hence the name: Claude separation anxiety. 😰💻
Definition: when you have not seen actual code for such a long time that you forgot what it even looks like. All code now materializes through Claude. Your job is mostly nodding, copying, and saying “looks good”. 🤖✨
Symptoms:
- Mild panic when Claude says “I may be mistaken” 😬
- Inability to write a for loop without emotional support 🫠
- Reviewing code like a museum visitor observing ancient artifacts 🏛️👨💻
Side effects: You wake up at 3:17 AM in a cold sweat after a nightmare that the $90 subscription is now $9000. 😱
You check your email. Still $90. 🙏
You whisper thank you and go back to sleep.
Originally posted on LinkedIn.