great article by addy osmoni on balancing the amazing utility of AI vs remembering to train your coding skills without it.

thoughts:
I agree with the critical thinking and learning aspect, but not with the others. I think it's a decelerationist approach to using AI. Assuming in 5-10 years, AI becomes incredibly integrated in our life, why would we need to train arbitrary coding skills? They will become obsolete. 95% of coding is boilerplate and random stuff that you do not need to think about. The other 5% you need to deeply understand, and you can use AI to get you there.

giving yourself a day to code normally instead of with AI is like saying give yourself a day to code in assembly instead of with a high level programming language. It will only slow you down. Use AI everyday.

great article by addy osmoni on balancing the amazing utility of AI vs remembering to train your coding skills without it.

thoughts:
I agree with the critical thinking and learning aspect, but not with the others. I think it's a decelerationist approach to using AI. Assuming in 5-10 years, AI becomes incredibly integrated in our life, why would we need to train arbitrary coding skills? They will become obsolete. 95% of coding is boilerplate and random stuff that you do not need to think about. The other 5% you need to deeply understand, and you can use AI to get you there.

giving yourself a day to code normally instead of with AI is like saying give yourself a day to code in assembly instead of with a high level programming language. It will only slow you down. Use AI everyday.

https://addyo.substack.com/p/avoiding-skill-atrophy-in-the-age?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2115638&post_id=162086801&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=owovf&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email