Still on AI

July 5, 2025

I promise I’m not obsessed with AI, okay maybe just a little

This week was my first full week at work, and I had 1-on-1 with my manager.

One of the things she said was that I caught up fast, and honestly I take that compliment because my new role uses nearly 5 new technologies I wasn’t initially familiar with. It is ecomm so they are tools specific to bridging the gap between frontend development and ecommerce.

Anyways recall my last AI hate, I suggest you read it first if you haven’t as this thought builds on the last. But if you haven’t, I exaggerated, I don’t downright hate AI, I merely think there should be a healthy balance.

In that article, I talk about having a no-AI day, struggling a bit befor calling upon it, all that good stuff… yeah well not while you’re working a job with deadlines.

The ultimate hack I’ve found is use AI to accelerate your output during your 9-5.

Use sparringly, prudently, miserly during your 7-10 (and this is me hoping you have a 7 - 10)

If you’re unfamiliar or you do not call it 7-10, it basically means side projects and personal learning, you know the things you do on your own outside of work that ensures you keep growing and excel at your job, yeah that!

The thing is, your 7-10 is where you learn, struggle, pick up new stuff which makes it easier to understand and debug AI generated code. To bend and twist the AI to your will, not the other way around. The brain exercise you engage in regularly ensures you can understand what the AI is saying, steer it from hallucinations and double your output.

It is not meant as a replacement of your brain (atleast not yet), it is meant to be weilded.

And a sword in the hand of a butcher is a waste, but in the hands of a master swordsmith, oh the glory!