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by switchbak 282 days ago
"If you combine AI capabilities with debugging skills and testing you have a lot of power as developer nowadays" - precisely. As a tool for learning and expanding existing capabilities - it's phenomenal. I've not found anything this compelling for exploring areas that are new to me, and for getting a 1000ft view of a tech landscape (or almost any endeavour). Does that mean it gets it entirely correct? Hell no, but neither does a web browsing spelunking session aggregation random opinions from reddit and stack exchange.

If you want to outsource your skill and thinking - that's never going to go particularly well.

It almost seems like a test for impulse control - those who can restrain themselves from taking shortcuts with it can gain tremendous capabilities.