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Some thoughts about AI-assisted coding and how it affects my brain. I'm more productive and more exhausted at the same time. marvinh.dev/blog/ddosing...

marvinh.devDDoS'ing the human brainAI made us mass produce code at a scale we never could before. More code, more problems, same brain. Somehow I'm more productive and more exhausted at the same time.

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@krofdrakula.bsky.social

3 Apr

I feel the same. Also one more thing to consider - someone is ultimately responsible for all the generated code, and I don't think people appreciate just how much you take on by speeding up on delivery with AI. Including the amount of bugs you ship.

Marvin Hagemeister

@marvinh.dev

Good point, yeah the long term affects might still take some time to really surface. Right now the answer seems to be use AI to review AI. But I notice in my own projects that it's struggling.

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@krofdrakula.bsky.social

3 Apr

I use something akin to superpowers/teams to roast my reviews, it helps if you do those on a fresh, unprompted session. But I still have to provide guidance and input on what to focus on, otherwise things can go off the rails on moderately complex changes. All of that is quite draining.

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@krofdrakula.bsky.social

3 Apr

It's like AI is just more efficient at sucking out our mental energy we would not have had to provide in intense bursts before. Essentially, the DoS you mentioned. :)