Comment on Ask HN: How to avoid skill atrophy in LLM-assisted programming era?parentComments−py4OP7moLet's say you want to make an architectural change. There are two options:1. Ask AI to come up with the different options and let you review it2. You think about the options and ask AI for feedback#1 is much faster but results in atrophy (you are not critically coming up with the architecture changes)#2 uses your and AI skills but it's gonna be slower.which one will you choose? currently i'm doing #1−bauldursdev7moI agree... I think the process of coming to a conclusion yourself is different than having that solution proposed to you and accepting it.
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Let's say you want to make an architectural change. There are two options:
1. Ask AI to come up with the different options and let you review it
2. You think about the options and ask AI for feedback
#1 is much faster but results in atrophy (you are not critically coming up with the architecture changes)
#2 uses your and AI skills but it's gonna be slower.
which one will you choose? currently i'm doing #1
I agree... I think the process of coming to a conclusion yourself is different than having that solution proposed to you and accepting it.