What I'm about to describe is something that happens to everyone, I'm quite confident about it. And I believe not only the ones who do intellectual jobs, but also those who use ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ on a daily basis.
After a decently long (and well deserved, hopefully) vacation, or a simple break of some days from our usual work, we come back to our workplace and it seems like we've ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ we were doing prior to our stop.
I don't know if you experience the same, but it takes a while before I feel fully functional again, and the first reactions include the friendly and warm imposter syndrome ("๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ", the brain suggests to me), frustration, aging paranoia and similar dark thoughts.
Luckily, I slowly come back to my usual me (how good that is, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐), dark thoughts vanish, happiness enters the building and I feel on top of the world.
Now, what has this to do with ๐๐ & ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ? Well, I think something fairly similar happens every time I decide to "simplify" or speed up my coding with the aid of code completion and next statement suggestions. As an instinctive reaction, I tend to ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The longer I keep it away the harder it gets to have it fully functioning again.
Maybe it's just my attitude, but when I receive this kind of help, I tend to ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก about it. Especially now that they've become so good, mimicking our style, favoring solutions fitting our coding habits.
I find this a bit dangerousโก; I'm afraid, if abused, this practice can send my capabilities on permanent vacation.
I also understand and appreciate the ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ of it. The solution, as in many other things, would probably be using it with moderation.
๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ is something not easy to handle for me, I need rules and structures in order to stay confined within self-imposed limits.
My way to ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ is having an AI coding day a week: I don't want to ignore the big revolution that's happening nowadays, I need to stay up to date and understand the pros and cons of the tools that are popping out every second day.
The next experiment for me will be dedicating one day a week to it, some sort of ๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. I'll keep you posted on the results of this approach.
Meanwhile, I really enjoy the superpowers ๐ฆน when dealing with daily -not work related- tasks: Writing to the electrician, preparing a grocery shopping list, drafting a letter to the school leader, transforming pictures... We live in exciting times!
Writing this post was exhausting, I must admit. I need a long vacation!
Forget you soon. ๐ซ
