If you are already a good engineer, you get a massive advantage by utilizing an LLM that can hammer out code at the speed of light.
You still have to know what you're (or rather your agent) doing - if you don't, you're just shipping unmaintainable, insecure stuff that endangers you and your users.
We can build in minutes what once took hours.
But here's the real question: Are we becoming better engineers, or just better at prompting AI? 🤖
Let's hear your honest opinions.
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The problem is that in order to maintain your level of mastery and to become a better engineer, you need to practice wading into the details and thinking about the sharp edges. An AI likes to obscure those things.