> turning the enthusiasts and code-curious into amateurs vs. empowering professionals.

I'm firmly in #2. My other comment goes over how.

I'm intrigued to see how devs in #1 grow. One might be wary those devs would grow into bad habits and not thinking for themselves, but it might be a case of the ancient Greek rant against written books hindering memorization. Could be that they'll actually grow to be even better devs unburdened by time wasted on trivial details.