Using AI Without Letting It Think for You
AI tools are great at drafting, summarizing, and removing boilerplate. The trap is outsourcing judgment to them.
What I use AI for
- First drafts and rough outlines
- Renaming variables and refactoring
- Explaining unfamiliar codebases
- Turning rambling notes into something readable
What I don’t
- Architecture decisions
- Anything where the cost of being wrong is high
- Writing that needs a real point of view
Treat it like a fast intern: useful for execution, not for taste.