RE: Reflections on Using AI in Software Development

DAB — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:02:45 GMT

Nice approach.

Jumping into AI supported development should be done slowly until it proves it can provide actionable advice.

Trust but verify.

RE: Reflections on Using AI in Software Development

shabaz — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:45:26 GMT

Hi,

Interesting points.

Regarding the AI laziness issue, I think in the future that could become a bigger possibility, but today, save for a basic level of software projects, AI isn't going to get everything right, and so one will be forced to examine and learn from what the AI has done, so for engineers at least, perhaps that's less of an issue currently. Currently, I more often than not find myself learning each time I use AI.

Regarding dependency on AI other than laziness, there are some negatives about that (especially corporate and non-technology reasons), but the part of dependency that I don't mind particularly is that we are often dependent on acquiring information from other sources anyway, for instance, having access to the Internet in general when developing projects.

I find AI is also highly useful when experimenting on your own, at low cost, with no colleagues around. Also, there are some topics we will just never wish to learn deeply for ourselves, especially if they are not all that strategic, and we might have offloaded them onto others. We would still be dependent on other sources, so it can be useful if AI can help with the mundane and non-strategic stuff too - I think that's particularly useful early on in a project, and one could always pay for professional help when it's more likely to turn into a commercial project.