Intro
- Having a daily struggle with relying on AI to code stuff that I could/liked to code before
- As AI gets better it inevitably takes over more and more of my workflow
- At what point is it to much?
- Is AI going to make me Dumb?
- Should I still code by hand even if AI can do it faster (and sometimes better)?
My current workflow
- I use the Cursor IDE with mostly the chat pane expanded
- I’ll sometimes ideate with ChatGPT on how to solve a problem then create a plan and pass it into the cursor chat
- The cursor chat will then start implementing and I’ll follow closely usually stopping it a couple times to correct thing manually or re-prompt when I see it going down the wrong path
- I’ll refactor/rewrite some of the code to better fit my style (
- although with the right cursor rules and context it usually nails it
- Any repetitive task I let cursor do full stop.
Is it to much?
- This leaves very little room for full on manually coding
- A lot of times I’ll only manually code if I get frustrated with the AI responses
- Also AI helps in almost every part of the lifecycle for me
- devops
- requirements gathering
- planning (task breakdown/estimation)
- Code reviews (CodeRabbit)
- Security reviews
- I’ve been adding more tools to the tool belt like Claude AI which can now be added as an extension into VS Code/cursor
- Will AI make me dumb/not be able to code manually when/if I need it?
- Should I still code manually even if I know AI can do it faster?
- Should I just focus on solving harder problems now?
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