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An engineer spent three days on one piece of code. It should have taken four hours. The documentation was bad. The original builder left. I offered to rewrite it. The engineer said no.
They chose the hard way:
- Read the git history.
- Traced the logic.
- Built a mental model.
- Learned the system.
I asked why they did not ask for help. They wanted to know how it worked. Shortcuts stop learning.
AI fixes bugs in minutes. AI removes the pain of learning. Speed is a trap. You lose the discipline of caring.
You build a system in an afternoon. It works for now. You do not know why it works. You hope it does not break. This is a path to mediocrity.
Friction is information. Do not automate it away. Sit with the problem. Learn the reason behind the code.
Build things to last. Understand before you build. Choose discipline over speed.
Source: https://dev.to/jandrewsnc/the-mercy-of-hard-things-26oe Optional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi