AI doesn't replace learning to code
We keep hearing the same promise lately: “No need to know how to code anymore — AI handles it.” And honestly, it’s tempting. You open an agent, describe what you want, and within seconds, code appears. Magic. Except not really. Agentic development — but for whom? AI-assisted development is a genuine revolution. I’m not going to pretend otherwise. For a senior or intermediate developer who has already wrestled with complex problems, debugged twisted algorithms, and shipped systems to production, productivity reaches unprecedented heights. You delegate repetitive tasks, prototype in hours what used to take days, and stay in your high-value zone: architecture, critical decisions, validation. ...