"I’ve been experimenting with ways to fix this (because let’s face it, AI isn’t going anywhere). Here’s what’s actually working:

  • First, use AI with a learning mindset. When it gives you an answer, interrogate it. Ask it why. Sure, it takes longer, but that’s literally the point.
  • Next, find your tribe. Reddit, Discord, Mastodon—wherever the smart people hang out. That’s where you’ll find the real discussions happening. The ones that make you go “huh, I never thought about it that way.”
  • Do code reviews differently. Instead of just checking if the code works, start a conversation with your team. What other approaches did they consider? Why did they pick this one? Make understanding the process as important as the end result.
  • Build things from scratch sometimes. Yes, AI can generate that authentication system for you. But try building one yourself first. You’ll write worse code, but you’ll understand every line of it. That knowledge compounds."

https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-and-learning

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  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
    2·
    4 days ago

    If you’ve ever worked in construction with people who predated the universality of power tools, you will be familiar with this.

    There are people who can drive nails in with a hammer with three strikes: Tap, tap, to get it set, and then one big strike to drive it all the way in. It sounds impossible but it is their normal way of working. It’s almost as fast as working with a nail gun, although they will be happy with a nail gun also, since it is faster and can be done one-handed.

    This level of skill is still common for some types of work. People who specialize in drywall, or people who do those excavator skill demos where they’re walking it up onto a ledge with the bucket or something. But, for the most part, the everyday stuff has become automated to an extent that the skill has flattened out, and the ceiling for what you normally become able to do just by being a working professional is much, much lower.

    I suspect that a change like this is coming to software. The people who came up before AI coding tools came along with have the best of both worlds: They can use the power tools, but they still had to strengthen their skills before they became available, so they’ll still have the stronger focus and understanding which you can’t develop if the shortcut is available to do it for you.

  • shutz
    2·
    4 days ago

    But then, the time gained from using AI is completely negated!

    (Some stupid manager, somewhere)