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This weekend i decided to adapt an old analog phone i thrifted, so that i could use it as a microphone on stage. Last time i soldered a resistor was a long ass time ago during the 20th century so i had to rely on Claude to help me every step along the way, including designing the overall circuit, telling me the exact components i needed to buy and how to assemble them.
It was a lot of fun and we did a piss poor job of it but it worked ! And we already have ideas for improving it in V2. Granted it was a very simple design but it felt like a barrier was finally coming down. I've been having this kind of ideas for ages but i never really committed to any of them, and now i know that i can knock one out of the park in a few hours of focus, it's great.
I don't think it's threatening your job as a professional's experience is tough to replace, but expect to see a lot of vibe-soldered side projects in the coming years. Probably a bunch of house fires too hehe...