Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it
by Unmotivator2677 on Sunday April 26, 2026 @04:28PM
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That why I don't use AI for any personal projects, I like to keep my mind sharp. Unless it's a projects that incorporates AI in some way, but don't use AI to code it. But at work I don't care, I do what I am paid for, if my manager wants me to entirely vibe code using Claude, his choice, I will not be the one paying for technical dept that creates.
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Re:A.I. is creating engineers who can't think without it
by beej71 on Monday April 27, 2026 @12:33AM
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100% agree.
In the middle ground:
I'm putting together exercises for a C/Systems programming class I'm teaching in the fall.
Partway through this, for some reason [cough procrastination cough], I thought it would be fun to implement them in Scheme. My Scheme was already poor, and what meager skills I had are completely rusty. I used Claude to great effect as a tutor for that, but didn't have it code any of the solutions at all, of course. I could tell I was leveling up fast as I coded the things up.
Gotta use it in the right way if one wants to sharpen ones skills.