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I'm concerned about the "turning the brain off" effect too. When we put backup cameras on cars it means that everyone can parallel park perfectly. Now take away the backup cameras and see what happens to our parallel parking.


I'm also concerned, because a lot of people are using these models for the early stage drudge-work and I hate to sound like Calvin's dad here, but I feel like those early stages are good for a developer to build a mental model of their larger goals and targets. Sure it's easy and a lot of boilerplate, but our brains are working while we're doing it, and for me, it feels like a necessary part of the process. I'm not convinced automating it away isn't going to result in a more difficult time understanding of your product and code base later on.




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