Developer savings run dry: should he let AI write the code after all?
TeacherAggressive444 · reddit · 2026-08-31
A data engineer of 5 years asks for advice: after a year of building his app solo, he vowed to use AI only as a "coding teacher" rather than letting it write code. With savings running out and customer demos approaching, he's torn between speeding up with AI (including an agent/subagent setup a friend at an AI startup gave him) and staying on his slow learning path. The thread captures the classic indie-dev dilemma of learning vs. shipping in the AI era.
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