𝗜 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲
I opened a project from a year ago. I used AI for every line. Five minutes later, I closed the editor. I did not understand my own work.
I built a Slack clone. I asked AI for code. I pasted it. It worked. I moved to the next feature. The loop felt fast.
The result was a mess. Three functions had the same name. Comments were in different languages. Dead code sat everywhere. I ignored design to get speed.
I stopped being a reviewer. I became a copy-paste middleman. I let the AI decide the quality.
AI speed is a trap without understanding. You must own the design.
My plan to fix it:
- Use AI to map the files.
- Delete unused code.
- Organize by feature.
- Write a clear spec.
Use AI for speed. Stay in the chair. Be the person who decides what is good.
Source: https://dev.to/rapls/i-couldnt-read-the-code-i-wrote-with-ai-six-months-ago-18a7