No Copilot. No ChatGPT. No AI extensions. Just me, a blank editor, and 30 days of pure frustration...
No Copilot. No ChatGPT. No AI extensions. Just me, a blank editor, and 30 days of pure frustration turned into clarity.
A friend of mine asked a junior dev on his team why he used a recursive approach in a pull request.
The answer: "Copilot suggested it."
He had no idea why his own code worked.
That story haunted me. Because when I looked at my own recent projects, I found functions I couldn't fully explain either. I had just hit tab and moved on.
I've been writing about AI coding tools for months here on Dev.to. Comparisons, benchmarks, tutorials...
Every morning for three months, the first thing I did was re-explain myself to my own tools. Not the...
Using Copilot feels a lot like driving a Tesla. It might be quietly eroding your ability to code...
I told myself it would be fine. I had been using AI coding assistants for suggestions and...
I spent 90 days using Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot as my primary AI coding assistants. Same projects, same deadlines,…
Honest, hands-on comparison. No hype. Real test results where possible. I spent a month putting...
