A cautious adopter

I think the hype around AI for coding is starting to settle.

From hands-on experience in real projects, I don't see AI as a revolution replacing development, it's a tool. A powerful one, yes, but still just a tool.

What makes it different is its nature:

It offers high reward with very fast feedback loops.

That combination can quietly turn software development, and even entrepreneurship, into something that feels like an addictive, instant-gratification game.

You can build faster than ever.

Ship quicker.

Prototype endlessly.

But there's a trade-off.

The same tool that accelerates you can also:

• push you toward shallow understanding
• create fragile systems
• or worse, make you lose the craftsmanship behind what you build

I'm not a skeptic, and I'm definitely not a hype man.

I'd describe myself as a cautious adopter.

AI helps us reach goals that were previously out of reach.

But used blindly, it can just as easily lead us to a cliff, or cut the hand that's using it.

The leverage is real.

The risk is too.

The question is no longer "Should we use AI?"

It's "How do we stay in control while using it?"

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From the comments

You are precisely understanding how I felt before writing this post. The social media effect was exactly the insight that led me to this thought process. Feels sometimes like a dopamine hit roulette, you end up in a super addictive behavior: did it get it done this time? Yes, awesome. No, spin it up again.

So yeah people: take back control, there is no quick win lottery ticket. Own what you do , understand what you do. If you are using AI, it is still you doing the doing...! Don't get lazy, it is very tempting, but that was never the way to get to something valuable.