
AI helps me code faster, but not always understand better
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. AI coding tools are obviously useful. They help you move faster, get unstuck, write boilerplate, debug, and try things quickly. But I keep noticing the same tension: Sometimes AI helps you finish something without helping you really understand it. The code works. The task is done. But your confidence in the code is not always there. I think that matters a lot, especially for: people learning to code students developers trying to stay sharp anyone using AI but still wanting to actually understand what they’re building That’s the reason I’ve been exploring an idea for a tool that feels more like a mentor inside the editor, not just something that generates code. Something that helps you: understand what the code is doing catch weak spots in your thinking notice when you’re relying on AI too quickly learn while building, not only finish faster I’m trying to figure out whether this is a real problem other people feel too, or if it’s just somethin
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