AI-Native Development: What It Actually Means to Use These Tools Well
I’ve been writing software since 2012. The introduction of capable AI coding assistants in 2022–2023 is the largest change in the texture of day-to-day development work I’ve experienced. Not because it writes code for me — it mostly doesn’t — but because it changes the cost structure of certain tasks in ways that compound. This post is about where I actually find leverage, and where the tool gets in the way. ...