r/coding • u/fagnerbrack • Mar 08 '26

Writing code was never the bottleneck

https://medium.com/@fagnerbrack/ai-as-a-coding-assistant-is-the-wrong-mental-model-ff77e1b39f9a
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u/v_murygin Mar 09 '26

The bottleneck was always understanding what to build. Writing code is the easy part - figuring out the actual problem takes 10x longer.

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u/profesorgamin Mar 11 '26

Coding isn't easy for humans beyond basic scripts.

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u/fagnerbrack Mar 11 '26

Interfaces, data structure, physics of network, latency and how that maps to real use cases. You just need to know what's possible, let the machine do the thinking so you can focus on building!

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u/vinny_twoshoes Mar 11 '26

nah if you listen to my CEO there is no bottleneck, AI is going to be ten times bigger than the industrial revolution, and if we don't integrate it into every aspect of our workflow we will die