Using AI to generate code makes you faster short-term, but slower forever ....

The Dangerous Trap of AI for Junior Developers The Library is Temporary. The Language is Permanent. 🛑 Using AI to generate code you don't understand makes you faster short-term, but slower forever. Recently, while debugging a stubborn NullPointerException and trying to wrap my head around the Java Stream API for my Spring Boot Patient Management System, I had a massive realization. I wasn't just struggling with the library; I was struggling with how I was trying to learn it. Here is what that debugging session taught me about how we should actually be learning as developers. 👇 🛠️ How Should You Actually Learn a Library? 1. 🐛 Start with a real bug, not a tutorial Tutorials give you context without stakes. Bugs give you stakes without needing context first. Fix the bug, then understand why the fix works. That order matters. 2. 🧠 Understand the mental model before the methods The mental model is the frame. Methods are details inside that frame. Without the frame, details don't stick. For