When Writing Software, the Typing Was Never the Job. Neither Is the Prompting.

When Writing Software, the Typing Was Never the Job. Neither Is the Prompting.

With AI coding, the coding steps got easier. The thinking steps got harder.

You asked for a feature. The AI built it. It runs. It passes the tests. And it's completely wrong -- architecturally backwards, solving a problem you don't have. The code is fine. Your spec wasn't.

This is not a prompting problem. It's a mental model problem.

Keyboard time is down 70%, 80%, or more. The loop closes faster, the boilerplate disappears, the first draft shows up before you've finished your coffee. But the mental work didn't shrink. It shifted left.