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by davsti4 128 days ago
Similarly, I'm using it to write apps in non-native languages, like rust. My first foray into it led to finding poor documentation examples. AI allows me to create without spending large swaths of time learning minutia.

I'm enjoying it to a point, but yes, it does eliminate that sense of accomplishment - when you've spent many late nights working on something complex, and finally finish it. That's pretty much gone.

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> Similarly, I'm using it to write apps in non-native languages, like rust.

This does not make sense; Rust is native.

I assume they mean 'native tongue', as in their day-to-day programming language, or native programming language.
> without spending large swaths of time learning minutia

He probably meant languages he's not proficient with.