The author reflects on the rapid rise of AI in the tech industry, acknowledging the anxiety it creates among developers while advocating for a balanced perspective—focusing on core human skills like adaptability, critical thinking, and empathy rather than reacting with panic or denial to the changing landscape.
Background
- A personal essay by **Ben Codezen**, an experienced web developer and Vue.js educator, reflecting on AI's impact on coding.
- He compares the current AI disruption (ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor) to past technology shifts like jQuery, Angular, and React — each triggered panic about skills becoming obsolete.
- His core argument: a developer's durable skill is **adaptability and problem-solving**, not memorising tools. He warns that relying on AI to generate code can short-circuit **practice** (deep understanding via hands-on work) even while accelerating **learning** (surface-level syntax acquisition).
- This is a ground-level insider perspective aimed at fellow developers feeling anxious or demoralised by AI coding tools, offering a pragmatic middle path rather than hype or denial.
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