Smart Coding Decisions: Should Developers Learn the Fundamentals Before Using AI Coding Tools?
AI coding tools can generate a function in seconds, explain an error, create tests, and even help build an application from a natural-language description. That raises an important question for new developers: Should you learn programming fundamentals before using AI coding tools? My answer is yes—but you don’t have to wait until you become an […]
From IA to AI: The Evolution of Coding Assistance
Before AI could generate hundreds of lines of code from a simple instruction, developers were already receiving help from machines. Autocomplete suggested what to type next. IDEs highlighted syntax errors. Snippets provided reusable patterns. Linters identified potential problems. Search engines and developer communities helped developers find solutions. So AI didn’t suddenly introduce coding assistance. What […]
I’m Not Anti-AI. I’m Against the Hype That Says Coding Knowledge Is No Longer Necessary.
I use AI. I believe AI can make developers faster, help solve difficult problems, explain unfamiliar code, and reduce a lot of repetitive work. What I disagree with is the growing idea that because AI can generate code, developers no longer need to understand coding. That is a very different claim. AI-assisted development is not […]