Re:Ask HN: AI writes better code than me. How to keep my ide...
by dkowalski on Monday August 31, 2026 @12:15PM
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> Top-tier developers might still outperform AI
That's never been true. It's like saying they are outrunning cars.
Where your expertise is key is when you call out the mistakes it AI and ensuring you are not enabling slop.
In the process, you get to review your stuff you memorized and possibly learning something. Don't focus on "losing competitive edge", but instead bringing your taste to the project and your years of expertise so that the stuff written is coherent and lasting.
That's never been true. It's like saying they are outrunning cars.
Where your expertise is key is when you call out the mistakes it AI and ensuring you are not enabling slop.
In the process, you get to review your stuff you memorized and possibly learning something. Don't focus on "losing competitive edge", but instead bringing your taste to the project and your years of expertise so that the stuff written is coherent and lasting.