Are We Becoming Too Dependent on AI Coding Assistants?
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I remember when I used to spend time understanding every error before looking for a solution.
Now, whenever something breaks, my first instinct is to ask an AI assistant.
It's definitely changed how I approach development, but sometimes I wonder whether I'm becoming less patient with problem-solving.
I don't think using AI is a bad thing. I'm just curious about what happens to our debugging skills when we rely on it every day.
Have you noticed any changes in your own coding habits?
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Mid-task, the agent lost context and rebuilt a helper that already existed two files away under a different name. It wired new code to the duplicate, creating two parallel implementations with diverging edge cases. You stop noticing the duplication because it writes clean code that shouldn't exist.