Doing lots of programming over the years I've realized that I often need to write "code for myself", in my head, to think what I should do and in what order, and also why. I write to-do notes and notes on why something was best done or had to be done in a given way. Code is instructions for the computer, but developers need instructions too.
It always seemed to require extra effort to "program myself", maybe because it requires questioning whether I'm doing it the right way and what would be some alternative ways of doing it. It's almost like "out-of-box thinking".
Whereas basic coding is often as easy as writing this note here, just write what comes to my mind. Coding tasks are often trivial, but they must be done. But they don't really burden our mind too much, not too often.
But with AI, it's all about "programming the programmer".
And that requires more thinking, asking more questions like is this really what we need to accomplish, or would some alternative way be better? What alternative way?
Asking questions like that was always part of the work but with AI it seems to be the only type of work. And it is more difficult, more exhausting, than basic coding.
It always seemed to require extra effort to "program myself", maybe because it requires questioning whether I'm doing it the right way and what would be some alternative ways of doing it. It's almost like "out-of-box thinking".
Whereas basic coding is often as easy as writing this note here, just write what comes to my mind. Coding tasks are often trivial, but they must be done. But they don't really burden our mind too much, not too often.
But with AI, it's all about "programming the programmer".
And that requires more thinking, asking more questions like is this really what we need to accomplish, or would some alternative way be better? What alternative way?
Asking questions like that was always part of the work but with AI it seems to be the only type of work. And it is more difficult, more exhausting, than basic coding.