Experiences with AI coding assitants

Thoughts

the parrot in the room

• a lot of processes still what you would normally do coding but on steroids, a lot of reading of code and less writing, but still comprehending
• saves on busy work like listing out params or scaffolding tests
• cognitive load spikes rather than constant throughout the day
• junior coder with ADHD, goes off writing a solution which might be in the wrong direction, formed by the process of getting there
• have to keep a close raign on it
• what you ahve open in your editor and context is good
• multitasking while it generates code
• won't find unusual answers to things? tailwind css class or generators maybe, great to see how other people would code it but not maybe the few elite coders
• adds complexity on top of complexity, need to reduce that down
• not very dry code at all, needs to be refactored
• can't layer on complexity nicely, get a end to end solution, a strong wire built first then layer on complexity, just dumps complexity in there
• want to be clear about building a walking skeleton approach
• reverting back to it's same mistakes, always the same mistake with NextJS new way to get params
• can get into a funk, especially with very complicated components like data tables it really struggles with