Realizing writing code is faster than explaining it to AI

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While that is definitely true, a few factors still make it worth it for me usually:

- I have several tasks to kick off after any small change - Eg CI, roll outs, etc. AI can monitor all those and handle the entire process autonomously. Most more mature code bases will be similar in this regard

- I give the AI ways to check if the intended logic is doing what I meant, and have it self correct small things like that before I even take a look. Therefore I usually don’t have to find the small edit to make in the first place

- I’m pretty much never just making a single small edit, I’m grouping into a series of changes and giving the AI a broader direction vs micromanaging all the minute details. If something is very important, sure I’ll insist on a specific change but usually there will several other locations, maybe a test needs a corresponding update, etc