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Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by Bombthecat on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:28AM (#46555522)
I notice this already after around of 6 months heavy usage. Skills decline, even information gathering etc
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Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by jpadkins on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:45PM (#46557444)
I think it is more accurate to say some skills are declining (or not developing) while a different set of skills are improving (the skill of getting an LLM to produce functional output).

Similar to if someone started writing a lot of C, their assembly coding skills may decline (or at least not develop). I think all higher levels of abstraction will create this effect.

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Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse by llmslave2 on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:39PM (#46559018)
> while a different set of skills are improving (the skill of getting an LLM to produce functional output

Lmaooooo

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