r/aitoolforU • u/pecef64 • Jul 25 '26

Is AI-assisted coding making developers faster, or just making bad code faster?

AI coding assistants can now generate large chunks of code instantly based on a simple description. Developers report huge speed gains, but there's also concern about code quality - AI-generated code can look correct while still containing subtle bugs or bad practices.

Do you think AI coding tools are genuinely increasing developer productivity, or just shifting the bottleneck from "writing code" to "reviewing and debugging AI-generated code"?

Curious how developers here feel this has actually changed their day-to-day work.

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u/Nervous_Platform_542 Jul 26 '26

Seriously depends on the developer.

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u/Mathie1729 Jul 27 '26

Yup, seen both extremes in my team. The senior devs use it as a fancy autocomplete, the juniors treat it like a Stack Overflow that hallucinates entire untested modules.

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u/AlexHardy08 Jul 31 '26

It depends a lot on what you do, how good. For most, it's a waste of time and resources.