Should We Use AI In Development?

The short answer is no. In this article I address some of the major trade-offs with using LLMs for development. Things like mental atrophy, lack of ownership, the carbon footprint of AI, and more. As much as AI can be useful for us, it's important to keep these things in mind when we use it. The long answer is that ai usage can range from just insignificant tasks like searching for something or making a small change to scaffolding and perhaps even building full projects. I've used it on almost...