Indeed. I like writing code, but I dislike writing more code than absolutely necessary to solve a problem.

Also, this might not be relevant in this case, but I feel like there's a difference between "coding" and "programming". In my mind, coding is a dull task of translating an existing design into code, whereas "programming" is more problem solving, which includes coding. Being called a "coder" is almost derogatory sounding to me.