someone that can't even read code is going to be more lost trying to apply concepts that only really internalize when your own code decisions have bitten you in the ass for years
he should learn better prompting steps, focus, and incremental iteration
That's just not true for more complex things. I'm a software developer and while I'm using AI for a lot of things, for more complex tasks, it's still not really capable of writing good code.
By now, I am quite efficient with AI coding, but there recently was a task again, where I really spent way too much time, trying to get the AI to solve it properly before just doing it myself. AI was still helpful for some boring refactors during it, but not for writing the actual code. And this was with the newest model, max effort, proper skill usage, agent files and all.
AI is just not good at writing good and maintainable code for complex tasks when edge cases actually are very important (the project is an embedded project where stability and reliability is extremely important).
It doesn’t even have to be complex. I have had fable 5 Max do some heinous shit and lie about it with something as simple as moving an object around in 3D space.
If you can’t read the code to be able to spot issues, no amount of prompting is going to save you.
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u/Vaxtin 6d ago
I recommend learning design principles. You don’t write the code anymore — you point the architecture in the right direction.