I Made 866 Commits in 5 Weeks. My Understanding Didn't Keep Up.

Description and use

<p>AI has made me <em>dramatically</em> faster at building software. You can see it on my GitHub: a sudden surge of activity at the start of September, several projects started, and a few of them actually shipped.</p> <p>That part isn't up for debate. I can go from an idea to a working prototype in a day. I can ask questions about an unfamiliar API, generate test scaffolding, trace a bug across a codebase, and get a second opinion on architecture without opening twenty browser tabs. Since the start of September I've used AI to build a desktop pet for Linux, an inventory app for a client, a ter

Problem

<p>AI has made me <em>dramatically</em> faster at building software. You can see it on my GitHub: a sudden surge of activity at the start of September, several projects started, and a few of them actually shipped.</p> <p>That part isn't up for debate. I can go from an idea to a working prototype in a day. I can ask questions about an unfamiliar API, generate test scaffolding, trace a bug across a codebase, and get a second opinion on architecture without opening twenty browser tabs. Since the start of September I've used AI to build a desktop pet for Linux, an inventory app for a client, a ter

Outcome

<p>AI has made me <em>dramatically</em> faster at building software. You can see it on my GitHub: a sudden surge of activity at the start of September, several projects started, and a few of them actually shipped.</p> <p>That part isn't up for debate. I can go from an idea to a working prototype in a day. I can ask questions about an unfamiliar API, generate test scaffolding, trace a bug across a codebase, and get a second opinion on architecture without opening twenty browser tabs. Since the start of September I've used AI to build a desktop pet for Linux, an inventory app for a client, a ter

Evidence

I Made 866 Commits in 5 Weeks. My Understanding Didn't Keep Up.

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