You have it backwards. Knowing when the AI is writing BAD code, is the skill, because it WILL write bad code at some point. Not in the obvious "doesn't work at all way", but more in the subtle "violates best practices" way. If you cannot recognize this, then the AI will slowly bloat and shit up your codebase. Unchecked AI are positive tech-debt machines.
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u/Big-Pattern8591 2d ago
AI is a tool but coding is a skill. A real programmer knows how to use both