There’s a general sense of “review fatigue” and “AI disgust”. It’s different from AI slop - even if your engineers do due diligence, there’s distaste in reviewing the work that was made with AI.
Doing a lot of small things right makes more difference than anyone can comprehend. Life really is so simple. You can be whoever you want, it really is that simple.
The most important coding skill: read.
Teach yourself how to read.
Read the agent output. Read the blog post. Read the paper. Read the code (if it applies to you).
Don't summarize.
Replacing tactile physical buttons with laggy touchscreens just so you have to navigate three sub-menus while driving 75 mph on a dark highway to adjust the defroster is the single worst safety downgrade in modern automotive history.
If you’re not using AI to learn stuff and get smarter, what are you really doing, it’s all out in the open at your fingertips, taught to you in a way you understand