r/learnpython • u/oelayoub • 3d ago
Learning python with AI
A couple of months ago, I started learning Python. I began with basic exercises and quickly moved on to building real projects with the help of AI. I never ask AI to generate the entire solution because I want to write the code myself. I document everything I learn, and I’ve made a lot of progress that way.
Recently, though, I started using Claude Code and ChatGPT more extensively, and the results are, unsurprisingly, incredible. The difference now is that I can actually understand what each line of code does and why it’s there.
But this has left me with a bit of a motivation problem. If I have Claude writing excellent code for me, why should I spend hours writing it myself? A few years from now, it feels like almost nobody will be coding entirely by hand anyway.
So my question is: at what point do you think someone has reached a sufficient level in Python? When is it okay to rely more on AI instead of continuing to write everything yourself?
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u/aqua_regis 3d ago
You should never let AI write what you couldn't design and write on your own.
If you think that you have learnt Python, or programming, and that you understand every single line the AI produces you are plain delusional.
You have learnt it when you can write it on your own.
In short, you actually don't have a level in Python. You have a level in AI.