Over-reliance on AI Coding: Will Devs Become Rain-Dancing Shamans?
GabGarrett · x · 2026-08-02
A developer points out that as we lose the will and practice to dig into code, we'll eventually end up just begging and pleading with AI agents to fix things, like shamans dancing for rain.
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