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So my preferred agent atm is GitHub Copilot as a jetbrains plugin. The other day when GitHub had a 6 hour outage and I couldn't log in, my first instinct was "guess I can't work today". I realized almost immediately how fucking dumb that initial thought was. Like I had forgotten that I've been doing this for over 20 years, and around 17 of those with no AI whatsoever.
Was I slower that day? Yes absolutely. Was I incapable? Not at all.
I wouldn't want to do without it, because on the positive side it has helped me discover libraries and tools I had no idea existed, and it's made me a better archtitect. But, maybe we should still actually touch the code a little.
I wonder how long that will still be the case? The more of the mental load you pawn off on the chatbot, the less your brain will prioritize retaining it.
It's like when you spend years only speaking a second language you're fluent in, it can be hard to switch back to your native tongue when you need to.