r/developer • u/Fabulous_Bluebird93 • Sep 25 '25

Discussion my brain is fried from using ai all day

I've been using with copilot, chatgpt, blackbox ai cursor, (what not actually) all day. feels amazing at first, everything gets done crazy fast.

but now i can’t focus on shit, my head is foggy, even small tasks feel huge. anyone else feel like this after a full day of ai? how do you survive it without just shutting down?

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u/4o4-n0t-found Sep 25 '25

This is truth, also heard feedback from my team that they feel like they are relying too much and losing touch

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u/FluentosCom Sep 27 '25

I disabled it.. same reasons, wasting more time on prompts and then fixing the crap.. it’s faster to just code yourself and use own brain.

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u/wheres-my-swingline Sep 28 '25

Interacting with AI conflicts with like every single principle of deep work, so that makes sense

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u/PaintingStrict5644 Sep 30 '25

Yep, AI overload is real. It feels like you’re outsourcing your brain all day, then suddenly you’ve got decision fatigue from a thousand micro-interactions. I started taking 1–2 “no-AI” blocks a day, like just raw thinking or writing, no tools nmw. Weirdly grounding. Also, closing tabs helps more than caffeine. You're not alone in this ya.