AI removed the friction of asking for help, but also the problem-solving thinking process
techNmak · x · 2026-08-24
The author notes that while AI has made asking for help frictionless for developers—eliminating the shame of bad questions or waiting for replies—it also removed the crucial step of making the problem precise enough for another human. Previously, developers often solved the issue just by formulating the question, a process lost in the AI era.
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