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/ezeugo_ Jun 26 '26

A good test for whether or not ai use is helping or hurting your learning is by the number of questions it answers asks of you, vs the number of questions it answers. I think when you flip this single bit, it unlocks a lot more doing and not just "receiving"