[lordofmoria]

What? Note for any juniors reading this: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Does the author enjoy writing code primarily because they enjoy typing?

Are they not able to have the mental discipline to think and problem solve whilst using the living heck out of an AI auto complete?

What's the fun in manually typing out code that has literally been written, copied, copied again, and then re-copied so many times before that the LLM can predict it?

Isn't it more dangerous to not learn the new patterns / habits / research loops / safety checks that come with AI coding? Surely their future career success will depend on it, unless they are currently working in a very, very niche area that is guaranteed to last the rest of their career.

I'm sorry, this is a truly unnatural and absurd reaction to a very natural feeling of being out of our comfort zone because technology has advanced, which we are currently all feeling.

[sceptic123]

What are the safety checks you talk about here?

[lordofmoria]

Sorry, I probably phrased that poorly - when you’re coding with AI, you should get in the habit of spending more time checking for security mistakes. Not sanitizing, not scoping properly. Same mistakes a junior or mid would make, but unlike them, the AI will not doubt itself and highlight particular code it wrote asking “is this right?”. So you need to develop the habit of being careful.