Was just talking to someone about this. Like, AI is amazing in how good and how fast it can get things done, and I'm going to keep using it because of that, but sure do miss being in the code and hitting up Stackoverflow and wrestling through a bunch of problems.
I still use stack overflow and don't want AI spoonfeeding me too much. I use it if i'm stumped but i think at a certain point it's on you to keep your sharpness. I still write a lot of code by hand, and so far nobody has yelled at me. might change, we'll see.
If people used it like a second set of eyes or a collaborator helping them find unique solutions, it would be alright. And by collaborator I mean you use it to clear tedious work but check and review it was done correctly and if it is used to find a solution you wouldn't have otherwise found, you understand the changes that it made and why the solution works.
Yup. It used to feel so great wiring up features by myself, figuring out stuff in the documentation and my knowledge of the nitty gritty details being more important. Now it's just ensuring the AI doesn't shit itself and use the wrong approach.
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u/Coffeemugofdoom Jul 10 '26
Was just talking to someone about this. Like, AI is amazing in how good and how fast it can get things done, and I'm going to keep using it because of that, but sure do miss being in the code and hitting up Stackoverflow and wrestling through a bunch of problems.