There is a fundamental difference between having a senior dev tell you the answer and "drilling" the keystone-concepts yourself until they become muscle memory. One gets the things done in a hurry; the other builds self-sufficiency.
I’m starting to feel the "brain-softening" effect where I reach for the prompt before I’ve even tried to orient myself in the problem.
How are you guys handling this? What are your personal guardrails, disciplines, or "hard-mode" rules to ensure you’re using AI as an accelerant rather than a crutch that rots out your technical intuition?
