I Quit AI for a Month and Recovered My Joy of Programming
One Month Without AI
A developer stopped using AI at work after realizing it made him lazy, complacent, and unable to understand his own code. He describes the addiction-like spiral of AI agents, the exhaustion of managing multiple agents, and the shame of failing a basic TDD review. One month later, he's back to writing code himself, enjoying human code reviews, and deploying with confidence.
I realized I had lost control, and it was not going to get any better. I think it’s worthless to just try harder, be more picky with the AI, demand the quality you’re paying for! Because despite your efforts, the AI ends up convincing you, and making you complacent again.