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I see the same things as Addy, though I'm not 100% sure it's something new happening because of AI assistants. I started learning programming in the late nineti

by blixt 2y ago

I see the same things as Addy, though I'm not 100% sure it's something new happening because of AI assistants. I started learning programming in the late nineties as a 9-year-old sitting at a library paying 10 NOK for an hour of internet access (the librarians were sweet and "forgot" how long I was sitting at the computer because they saw how much I was enjoying it). And I did the exact same thing described in this article: I grabbed whatever code I could that did something, didn't know how to debug it, and at best I could slightly tweak it to do something slightly different. After a few years I got better at it anyway. I started pattern matching, and through curiosity I found out what more senior developers were doing. Maybe the fact that I was just a kid made this different, but I guess my point is that just because AI can now write you a code file in 10 seconds, doesn't mean your learning process also got faster. It may still take years to become the developer that writes well-structured code and thinks of edge cases and understands everything that is going on. When I imagine the young people that will sit down to build their own first thing with the help of AI, I'm really excited knowing that they might actually get a lot further a lot faster than I ever could.

skydhash 2y ago
I started learning how to program around 2010. I was learning Blender and wanted to use its game engine. It was python based, so after running a few examples found on some forum, I downloaded the Python interpreter and some tutorials/book. Maybe my learning process is different, but I don't enjoy spending a day tweaking things in the hope I will get something. I much prefer getting a book on the subject and start learning how to do it instead.
- blixt 2y ago
  Yeah that's fair, I think everyone has their own learning style. I mostly felt a need to respond with a slightly more optimistic view on what this new technology means for juniors, in particular responding to the part that "[AI coding tools] can actually impede learning." Though to be fair to Addy, I like his advice on how to approach this, those are good tips.

by blixt 2y ago

skydhash 2y ago

I started learning how to program around 2010. I was learning Blender and wanted to use its game engine. It was python based, so after running a few examples found on some forum, I downloaded the Python interpreter and some tutorials/book. Maybe my learning process is different, but I don't enjoy spending a day tweaking things in the hope I will get something. I much prefer getting a book on the subject and start learning how to do it instead.

blixt 2y ago
Yeah that's fair, I think everyone has their own learning style. I mostly felt a need to respond with a slightly more optimistic view on what this new technology means for juniors, in particular responding to the part that "[AI coding tools] can actually impede learning." Though to be fair to Addy, I like his advice on how to approach this, those are good tips.