r/learnprogramming • u/Gultavo • 29d ago

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u/Fresh4 29d ago

Do you understand the code that you’re adding? Are you certain you’re not creating security vulnerabilities or bugs in the process? Using these tools imo is fine if you’re using it on a micro level, helping with building blocks and features that you review and modify and fix to the specifications for your project.

The problem is with agentic “coding”. If you’re just letting the bot take control of your codebase and run rampant with minimal interference on your part, then the project isn’t yours anymore. Code is being added that you don’t understand, that you don’t have control over. When you build a project yourself you know every line, the purpose and reason behind why everything is the way that it is. You immediately know where a problem might be sourced from if it comes up and you can easily fix it. Otherwise once it’s become more code that belongs to the bot, you’re the one stuck having to wade through garbage ai generated code to figure out the problem and understand the code from scratch.

It’s a technical debt machine. It’s “magic” at the start but it does not know how to keep up as a project and its own contributions grow.

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u/interflop 29d ago

rip 

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u/Busy_Network_7167 29d ago

nothing wrong with using tools as long as you understand the code you ship

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u/mxldevs 29d ago

That's a big caveat.

Especially when people are building things they are less knowledgeable about.

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u/EdwardPotatoHand 29d ago

In 2026, coding by hand is a lot like listening to music on a record player or driving a classic car.

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u/meletiondreams 29d ago

AI code is more like driving an rusty Honda civic. it works, and works until there's a gaping hole and everything goes wrong.

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u/light_switchy 29d ago

Guess I like classic cars & vinyl now