Contents
- What really became cheaper
- What remains the task of the developer
- Why debugging is more important
- What to teach a beginner
- Three Reasons to Learn
- Who doesn’t need the old way of learning?
- New learning loop
2019: The developer searches for documentation, writes boilerplate and manually recalls the syntax. 2026: Part of the code appears in seconds. Does this mean you don’t have to learn programming anymore? Only if you consider programming typing.
What really became cheaper
- drafts of functions;
- Model CRUD;
- refactoring;
- part of the tests;
- explanation of someone else's code;
- documentation.
What remains the task of the developer
The phrase “we need a convenient registration” hides dozens of technical solutions: state, data, verification, security, errors, compatibility and UX.
| Level of work | Example | Role of AI |
|---|---|---|
| syntax | Write a function | Very strong help. |
| Debugging | Why the script breaks down | Assistant, but I need a check. |
| Architecture | How to divide the system | Offers options |
| Product | What does the user need? | Does not know the context automatically |
| Liability | Is the deploy safe? | Remains with the man/team |
Why debugging is more important
The generated code can look convincing and work on the happy path. You need to check edge cases, data, security and regression.
What to teach a beginner
- Data types and logic.
- Data functions and structures.
- HTTP and the basics of the web.
- Databases.
- Git.
- Debugging.
- Security.
- Architectural thinking.
Three Reasons to Learn
- You want to become a developer and manage an AI-assisted process.
- You want to create your products;
- You want to automate processes in another profession.
Who doesn’t need the old way of learning?
If the goal is to memorize the syntax mechanically, the value of this approach falls. It is much more important to learn how to understand what the program does, why it breaks and how to check the correctness of the result.
New learning loop
| Phase | Action. |
|---|---|
| 1 | Independently formulate the task |
| 2 | Try the solution. |
| 3 | Using AI for Options |
| 4 | Check and debug |
| 5 | Explain each decision |
You don't learn how to print code. Learn how to reliably get the system to solve a real problem. This ability only gets more interesting.
