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I opened a project I built a year ago. I wrote every line. I had no idea what it did.
I used AI to build a Slack clone. The loop felt good. Ask AI for code. Paste it. Watch it run. Move to the next feature.
I ran at a speed my understanding did not match. I had no design doc. I had no tests. I chose speed over quality.
Six months later, I found a mess.
- Three functions had the same name.
- Comments were in two languages.
- Dead code sat everywhere.
- Logic was repeated in three places.
The AI did not make the mistake. I did. I stopped acting as a reviewer. I became a copy-paste middleman. I gave away my only job. I stopped deciding if the code was good.
AI speed is a gift. It comes with a bill. If you stop thinking, your code turns to spaghetti.
My plan to fix it:
- Use AI to map the project.
- Delete unused code.
- Organize by feature.
- Write a spec.
Do not let the tool replace your judgment. Stay in the chair. Be the person who decides quality.
Source: https://dev.to/rapls/i-couldnt-read-the-code-i-wrote-with-ai-six-months-ago-18a7 Optional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi