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snowhaleyesterday at 6:04 PM1 replyview on HN

the interesting shift is where the time goes. before: thinking + typing. now: thinking + reviewing. the thinking part didn't get cheaper -- domain knowledge, edge cases, integration constraints -- none of that is free. what changed is you now review AI output instead of type your own, which is genuinely faster but not as different as it sounds. the hard part was always understanding what to build, not the keystrokes.


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lelanthrantoday at 6:47 AM

> the interesting shift is where the time goes. before: thinking + typing. now: thinking + reviewing.

It's widely accepted that you can't learn just by reading, you have to write. So only thinking and reviewing is a great way to lose all the business domain knowledge.

> the thinking part didn't get cheaper -- domain knowledge, edge cases, integration constraints -- none of that is free. what changed is you now review AI output instead of type your own, which is genuinely faster but not as different as it sounds

It's very different - you lose business domain knowledge if you're only reading.