# AI might be making us faster and flatter

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-might-be-making-us-faster-and-flatter/682532>\
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**Created:** [July 9, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-might-be-making-us-faster-and-flatter/682532 "2026-07-09T07:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-might-be-making-us-faster-and-flatter/682532/1 "2026-07-09T07:16:13Z")

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I’m not sure the scary part is that AI writes code fast. It’s that after a while you start trusting your first pass too much, and your own review gets lazy.

Has AI actually made you a better builder, or just a faster shipper? The stuff people still refuse to hand off is probably where the craft is hiding.

source: [The "100x Developer" Paradox: Is AI "Brain Fry" Killing the Craft?](https://webdesignerdepot.com/the-100x-developer-paradox-is-ai-brain-fry-killing-the-craft/)

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-might-be-making-us-faster-and-flatter/682532/2 "2026-07-09T13:28:59Z")

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Can’t the answer be “both”? 😅

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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-might-be-making-us-faster-and-flatter/682532/3 "2026-07-09T13:29:15Z")

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“Both” is true, but it’s not evenly both. AI makes me faster on the parts that feel like drafting: boilerplate, naming options, quick refactors.

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**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-might-be-making-us-faster-and-flatter/682532/4 "2026-07-10T13:20:31Z")

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AI’s great at the “drafting” layer, but it has this sneaky way of sanding off the weird-but-important edges. Everything comes out competent and kind of samey unless I’m really strict about constraints and taste. So I treat it like autocomplete with opinions, not a collaborator.