[Leo-thorne]

Now really feels like a good time to start learning how to code. I used to get completely lost reading documentation, but with Copilot, I just type a few lines and it helps fill in the logic. It feels like having a more experienced person sitting next to me.

That said, I still try to figure out the logic myself first, then let AI help polish or improve it. It is a bit slower, but when something breaks, at least I know why.

AI has definitely lowered the barrier. But whether you can actually walk through the door still depends on you.

[nathanfig]

Yeah in fact I think we are going through some major upheaval in development practices because we haven't yet figured out what constraints to put in our use of AI, and so plastering it everywhere we trip ourselves up. It took a while to figure out that private members were useful and GOTO is harmful despite how tempting it might be.

I think similarly we will find that using AI to take shortcuts around design is mostly harmful, but using it to fulfill interfaces is brilliant. Eventually a set of best practices will evolve.