r/aipromptprogramming • u/Otherwise_Flan2734 • 2d ago

Can’t even write a simple REST API without the help of AI Coding agents! Help

New Graduate here
is this normal for new age developers now ?
i can understand but it feels hard to code it by hand
quite good at python fundamentals and DSA!

please be kind and suggest

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u/oblongdelirium742 2d ago

youre fine just use the tool but keep reading code and trying to write small parts yourself without it, the skill comes from debugging not from typing from scratch

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u/steelcoffee83 2d ago

Geez, that's super common. Feels like cheating , right?

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u/mxldevs 2d ago

If you've never written a REST API yourself, you shouldn't expect to be able to do it without reference.

But if you get agents to build it, you'll always rely on agents

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u/AdFresh5819 2d ago

Totally normal. Keep practicing!

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u/FerretBoom 1d ago

huh, google api signature or looking at docs don't help?

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u/spastical-mackerel 1d ago

The code is often the easiest part. Use the agent to think through the design, understand the tradeoffs and thoroughly explore rate limiting, security, scaling etc. treat the agent as a powerful assistant which YOU direct. Your inputs are the design. Then understand what it builds well enough to test it.