Back when we were learning to code, we started with assembly. Then C. Then C++, Java, Python, whatever syntax came next. Each new language was a new tax to pay before you got to write anything interesting. We complained. We paid. We knew the deal.
Now we're learning AI. And the funny thing is, the syntax part doesn't matter that much anymore. AI writes it faster than you can type. (Faster than you can type correctly, which, if you've seen my code, is a low bar.)
So I thought this whole AI thing had given me wings.
Turns out it gave me a magnifying glass.
It doesn't hide what I don't know. It focuses on it. Every fuzzy thought I have, every shortcut I've been getting away with, every "I'll figure that out later" gets concentrated, scaled up, and shipped to production with my name on it.
