warrenshi·letzten Monat·discussThe thing that changed the most for me wasn't the coding setup.It was the order.A couple years ago I'd think:architecture database implementation deploymentNow I spend much more time before that asking:does this map to a workflow people actually repeat?AI made implementation so much cheaper that I've become much more cautious about building the wrong thing quickly.
warrenshi·vor 2 Monaten·discussI think they overestimate less than it looks.The actual coding part compressed dramatically.The unpredictable part is still everything around the code.
warrenshi·vor 2 Monaten·discussIronically I use AI heavily for structuring thoughts, but often delete the most polished parts.Overly optimized writing now triggers the same feeling as overly optimized SEO pages used to.
warrenshi·vor 2 Monaten·discussI usually talk more about the decisions/tradeoffs than who typed the code.Using AI changed implementation speed for me way more than it changed product direction.
warrenshi·vor 2 Monaten·discussHonestly the API key part ended up being the easy part for me.The messy stuff was abuse prevention, retries/fallbacks, and sudden cost spikes once real users started using different workflows.