The leverage comes from matching AI to the right tasks, feeding it good context, and verifying everything it produces. The model is a fast, knowledgeable assistant with no accountability — you stay the engineer in the loop.
The leverage comes from matching AI to the right tasks, feeding it good context, and verifying everything it produces. The model is a fast, knowledgeable assistant with no accountability — you stay the engineer in the loop.
The difference between a 2x and a 0.5x outcome with AI is not the tool — it's the workflow around it. Used on the right tasks with good context and tight verification, AI removes the tedious typing and widens your exploration, so you spend your attention on design and correctness. Used carelessly, it generates plausible code you can't stand behind and quietly erodes your understanding of your own system. Effectiveness is a discipline: high-leverage tasks, small steps, real verification, and staying in the loop.