> you stop questioning, and start accepting as good some code you would have never accepted, just because you cannot tell why it’s bad. You have lost control
I have not lost control.
I my most prolific project I do not review the code, but I QA test extensively.
In other projects at work, I review the code.
I prompt to simplify, I challenge implementation that solves irrelevant edge cases, resulting in much smaller PRs.
In projects where I do not work alone, I still write two line PR descriptions myself.
Dumping paragraphs of AI output into the description of a MR where I ask others to review I consider disrespectful.
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> If you turn off your brain, and relax babysitting AIs, you’re not getting any better. You’re losing value
I'm hardly turning off my brain here.
As the author notes, the context switching and so on takes concentration and effort too.
I can say without doubt that I am more productive than ever.
I am getting better by the month, and I am not currently losing value, until the AI fully replaces both me and the author.
I have not lost control.
I my most prolific project I do not review the code, but I QA test extensively.
In other projects at work, I review the code.
I prompt to simplify, I challenge implementation that solves irrelevant edge cases, resulting in much smaller PRs.
In projects where I do not work alone, I still write two line PR descriptions myself.
Dumping paragraphs of AI output into the description of a MR where I ask others to review I consider disrespectful.
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> If you turn off your brain, and relax babysitting AIs, you’re not getting any better. You’re losing value
I'm hardly turning off my brain here.
As the author notes, the context switching and so on takes concentration and effort too.
I can say without doubt that I am more productive than ever.
I am getting better by the month, and I am not currently losing value, until the AI fully replaces both me and the author.