In this post @manton links to Tobi Lütke’s article on AI @ Shopify. I am really sure that using AI can be helpful in certain situations. I don’t like the idea to reflexively reach for AI for all tasks. In the end, where is the fun for that? Because then you really are only a glorified and slow automaton for AI doing things. On the other end I also believe you are doing something wrong if you don’t find the places were AI can support you in what you are doing. There are always parts of the work that can benefit by reaching for AI. If you are not even interested in finding those parts for your specific work, then you are doing it wrong. Curiosity is one of the defining characteristics of a good software engineer, the drive to find out how and why stuff works. And how to make it better.