AI Coding Journey vs Destination, the Skill atrophy
We Already Left the Road AI writes better code, faster. What it’s quietly taking with it is the debugging sessions, wrong turns, and war-room scars that used to turn people into engineers. There’s a difference between traveling and arriving, and I don’t think enough people are talking about it. Picture a group of friends driving an SUV from point A to point B. You don’t just cover distance — you get a flat tire at 2 AM and it becomes a story. You take a wrong turn that costs three hours and it becomes a scar you’re weirdly fond of. Someone forgets to fill the tank and you’re all pushing the damn thing half a mile down a dark road, laughing because what else are you going to do. You arrive tired, dirty, and a little different than when you left. ...