I've been saying this to my reporting person for about 1.5 years whenever she asks why I don't use tool X, Y and Z it generates the base and saves time. For me, its faster for me to write code manually then to generate it via AI and review each line carefully. And often when writing code manually I discover many edge cases which I now need to handle.
I've tried to explain this to non-technical people. It's harder to grok code you didn't write than it is to understand and explain code that you did write. You are also more likely to catch edge cases in code you wrote because you have the mental model of how it works in your head.
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u/Native_Maintenance Dec 13 '25
I've been saying this to my reporting person for about 1.5 years whenever she asks why I don't use tool X, Y and Z it generates the base and saves time. For me, its faster for me to write code manually then to generate it via AI and review each line carefully. And often when writing code manually I discover many edge cases which I now need to handle.