Researcher weighs AI-free days as coding agents like Astra outcode him
BlackHC · x · 2026-10-11
Researcher BlackHC reflects that he's barely coding anymore on personal research — tools like Astra and Fable feel better, faster, and more familiar with codebases and APIs than he is. He's considering AI-free Sundays/Mondays to force himself to code and run experiments by hand, sparking a genuine discussion about skill atrophy in the AI era.
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