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IDOWU ELIJAH
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AI can write the code. But who checks the code?
One thing I’m learning as a developer:
Writing code is only half the job.
You can use AI to generate a feature in minutes.
But then comes the real work:
→ Does it actually work? → Does it break something else? → Is the data being saved correctly? → What happens with unexpected input? → Does the API return what we think it returns? → Can the user actually complete the workflow?
That’s where debugging becomes more than just fixing red errors.
It becomes understanding what the system is actually doing.
I’m becoming more intentional about this in my own projects:
Build → Test → Break → Investigate → Fix → Verify → Repeat.
AI makes development faster.
But I still believe the developer needs to understand why the code works—not just that the code exists.
What do you think is harder:
Building a feature from scratch, or debugging a feature that “looks like it should work”?
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