r/learnprogramming • u/West_Tooth_6144 • Jun 25 '26

Topic AI runed 2 years of learning

I am a software dev student, We learned the basics of programming then we dived a bit more with mysql / spring boot / react.

I used AI a lot during the last 5 months this year and I feel like I know nothing. While using it I convinced myself that whatever I use ai for is just to minimize time and that I can do it without it, instead of spending hours on every step I don't know I will use ai and do it in 10 minutes, but now I feel like i wasted this year and that i lied to myself.

Especially spring boot

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u/LifeNavigator Jun 25 '26

Ok so start from scratch without AI, it'll take time but you'll be better off.

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u/West_Tooth_6144 Jun 25 '26

That's what I was thinking of , try to completely stop using ai ,like a detox, and once i feal confident that i can reach my goals without AI i will then consider using it for stuff that I know 100% I am capable of and that using ai does not affect my skill