Does AI make developers worse?

Hey Reader - Simon here 👋

Everyone seems to have an opinion about AI and coding right now.

Some say it’s making developers worse.
Others say you just need to fully embrace it.

After spending the last months building apps and even a game mostly with AI, I think both sides are missing something.

🎥 New Video: Does AI make Developers dumb?

I’ve been using AI heavily in my workflow - not just for small tasks, but to actually build real apps and systems.

And at some point I noticed something:

I wasn’t really writing code anymore.
(Read my article on that topic here)

So the question is:

What does that actually do to your skills as a developer?

In this video I break down:

The more I use AI, the more I think:

AI doesn’t make developers worse - it reveals unskilled devs faster.

If you don’t understand what you’re building, AI will happily generate things that look correct… but aren’t.

At the same time, experienced developers become much faster because they can:

So maybe the real shift is this:

We’re moving from “writing code” → “owning outcomes.”

And that’s a very different skill.

This week I’m focused on one thing:

Rebuilding the onboarding of Tiny Harvest!

I noticed that I lose a lot of players early on, so improving the first experience is now the highest priority.

At the same time, there are some really positive signals:

So the game is growing, now it’s about making more players stick.

I’m also trying to document more of this journey with simple videos where I share my experiments and show what's working (and what's not).

If you want to follow along more closely, I’m starting to post more on TikTok as well.

That’s where I share shorter, more raw insights from building.

That’s it for this week - back to building.

Curious what you think about this:

Do you feel like AI is improving your skills… or making you worse?

See you next week,
Simon