AI Coding's Bottleneck: Clear Communication Trumps Perfect Prompts
2025-04-11
The author details significant progress in AI development, rapidly building multiple products using AI tools. However, they found that AI tools often act like junior developers lacking product context and user insight, prone to errors on non-standard tasks. This recalls a university class using a peanut butter and jelly sandwich analogy to illustrate the importance of clear coding instructions. While today's AI is more advanced, it still requires developers to provide clear, precise instructions to avoid a messy outcome. The author argues that success in the AI era will depend on developers' ability to clearly understand and explain how to transform fuzzy ideas into workable products, not just coding speed.
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