I don’t think it’s a craft thing, I think it’s a speed thing. Senior engineers are faster in their existing workflows.
I’ve found ai tools most valuable for:
1. Quick “how to do x in y” language
2. Large scale refactorings that are mostly mechanical.
This still takes a bit of guidance to get the right output (and breaking down the refactoring an into multiple steps). But it does speed things up when I would touch 40-some files. I still review all the code.
I’ve found ai tools most valuable for:
1. Quick “how to do x in y” language
2. Large scale refactorings that are mostly mechanical.
This still takes a bit of guidance to get the right output (and breaking down the refactoring an into multiple steps). But it does speed things up when I would touch 40-some files. I still review all the code.