AI made me a much faster developer… but did it make me a weaker one?Just a genuine question for other developers who sta...

AI made me a much faster developer… but did it make me a weaker one?Just a genuine question for other developers who started coding around the same time as me.I’ve been coding professionally for around 1.5 years, mostly in startups.When I started learning, AI was already around, but it wasn’t this.I remember having to:Read documentation for hoursBeat the shit out of a bug until I understood itSearch through GitHub issues and Stack OverflowActually understand why something was breakingSpend an entire day fixing something that probably looked stupid afterwardThen, gradually, AI coding assistants got much better.And then came agents.Suddenly, things changed. 1 week → 1 dayToday, I can take a feature that might have taken me a week before and sometimes deliver it in a day.I can build things from scratch.I can jump into an unfamiliar codebase.I can implement APIs, frontend features, database changes, integrations, debugging fixes, etc.And honestly, it feels insane how much more I can delive...