[mk_chan]

There’s no real connection to junior developers in this article. It’s a piece about how the author feels people are using AI and how the author feels people should use AI. The quick fix vs deep understanding positions are mired by many factors; two of the big ones being time and how much one cares none of which are actually discussed.

[cirrus3]

^ this. If a junior dev is legitimately interested in software development and how things work, they will use these tools for more than just completing their tasks and a paycheck and will eventually stand out above their peers who don't.

If the author is suggesting that more junior devs today than in the past are only interested getting tasks done and the paycheck, then this really has nothing to do with AI.