Comment by sbysb

> some people say that the max AI Level should be 5

> of course some people think that you lose touch with the ground if you go above AI Level 2

I really think that this framing sometimes causes a loss of granularity. As with most things in life, there is nuance in these approaches.

I find that nowadays for my main project I where I am really leaning into the 'autonomous engineering' concept, AI Level 7 is perfect - as long as it is qualified through rigorous QA processes on the output (ie it is not important what the code does if the output looks correct). But even in this project that I am really leaning into the AI 'hands-off' methodology, there are a few areas that dip into Level 5 or 4 depending on how well AI does them (Frontend Design especially) or on the criticality of the feature (in my case E2EE).

The most important thing is recognizing when you need to move 'up' or 'down' the scale and having an understanding of the system you are building