alt Hacker NewsIt makes sense - juniors are coding faster but not understanding anything. Ironically it'll stop them getting more experienced despite feeling good. What I'm interested in is if the same applies for Senior+ developers. The soft signals are that people are feeling the atrophy but who knows...
It requires discipline. I use LLMs for mind-numbing refactoring and things I don't care learning. If you want to learn something, you do it yourself. It's like the gym. No pain, no gain.
I am not saying you should be struggling performatively, like a person still proud in 2026 that they are still using Vim for large projects (good for you, eh), but sometimes you need to embrace the discomfort.