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AI-Assisted Coding Erodes Developer Ownership, Engineer Reflects
A senior developer describes shipping a complex billing system in under a week with AI assistance, contrasting it with a junior-era four-day debugging struggle. He notes the AI handled edge cases he once had to fight, but missed critical business logic around plan changes. The experience left him feeling the work wasn't truly his.
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The piece captures a growing unease among engineers: AI boosts productivity but may strip away the craft and ownership that made the work satisfying.
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