🤖 What AI Actually Does
AI can generate code, suggest solutions, and help with repetitive work. That's useful. I use it. But it doesn't actually understand the product, the users, or the long-term consequences of a technical decision.
In practice, AI often overcomplicates simple problems. It introduces abstractions you don't need, solves the wrong thing confidently, or misses issues that are obvious once you actually understand how the codebase works. Spotting those problems still requires a developer who knows what they're doing.
🔑 The Key Point
AI needs developers who understand code, not the other way around.
Used well, AI is a productivity boost. Used blindly, it creates fragile systems that are hard to maintain. The difference isn't the tool it's the person using it.
🎯 The Real Skill Going Forward
I think the real skill going forward isn't competing with AI, but learning how to control it. Knowing when to accept a suggestion, when to simplify it, and when to throw it away completely.
AI should speed us up, not replace our thinking.
We still need to understand the code we ship and take responsibility for it.
Abdallah Gueye
profile.software_engineer