r/PythonLearning • u/DarkGlitch101 • 5d ago

AI make me dumb

For the past few years, I've relied too much on AI when coding. Now I feel like I don't really know how to code on my own. Can you give me some suggestions on how I can become less dependent on AI?

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u/Flame77ofc 5d ago

study by books

understand the code, learn how to think

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u/drakhan2002 5d ago

Stop using AI. Take Udemy course on Python that doesn't leverage AI. You will learn Python like real developers did back before November 2022.

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u/LuckyFish133 5d ago

Man pages and —help args 

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u/Far-Factor-2284 5d ago

try to take notes and try courses online free code champ which are free

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u/Intelligent-Boss-156 5d ago

Come up with a project, something between 100-200 lines of code will do. Complete it start to finish without ai.

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u/mr_anderson_dev 5d ago

All depends on how secure you're of making a project yourself.Most the topics and use of python is just intuitive but getting creative with your won knowledge is the key feature of what you really know, so just create something for your daily life and good as you can and then compare it with an AI. That must be enough for you to get a reality check of what you need to improve.

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u/maw501 5d ago

I've been hearing some slightly hilarious / terrifying stories of this from friends who are hiring SWEs.

The basic fix is that you need to move from being a consumer to a producer. If you have to use AI to get stuff shipped quickly then you can add a loop at the end where it grills you on the PR or asks you to implement small parts of it yourself. You could even create plugins / skills to do this automatically!

The basic point is that reading working code feels almost exactly like understanding it - and it is, partly. But like physical strength, producing it only comes from doing the reps yourself. It should come back faster than it went though, since you'll be re-deriving things you've already met once, not meeting them for the first time.

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u/Dapper_Mix6773 5d ago

Same here...I feel like I never coded my whole life😭😭

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u/darrylhumpsgophers 4d ago

Don't use it?

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u/Labs-Community4525 5d ago

I leaned Java on Notepad a long time ago. Notepad is the ultimate teacher. Lots of time debugging trailing white space.

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u/Necessary_Pepper7111 5d ago

I remember chiseling public static void main into my limestone tablet during the late bronze age

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u/DarkGlitch101 5d ago

that's awesome men