The AI Native Dev - from Copilot today to AI Native Software Development tomorrow From Builder to Orchestrator—Confronting the Software Engineer’s Identity Crisis
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Apr 22, 2025 AI Snips
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Annie's Coding Passion and Fear
- Annie feared losing the joy of coding with the rise of AI coding tools like Windsurf and ChatGPT.
- She related this to her personal journey moving reluctantly into management, highlighting a software engineer's identity crisis.
Embrace AI and Learn New Skills
- Embrace AI tools as unavoidable and develop new skills around them to enhance your toolkit.
- Seek opportunities to learn skills like prompting, verification, and dealing with AI's unpredictability to stay relevant.
Effective Code Review Practices
- Make frequent commits and small pull requests to avoid overwhelming reviewers and reduce acceptance fatigue.
- Focus code reviews on areas where AI tools express low confidence to improve code quality and trust.