Comment by nvarsj
3 hours ago
Don’t really agree with this.
That dev is productive with AI precisely _because_ they have a good mental model.
AI like other tools is a multiplier - it doesn’t make bad devs good, but it makes good devs significantly more productive.
Don't agree - the dev is productive because they have a good mental model of the problem space and can cajole the agent into producing code that agrees with the spec. The trend is for devs to become more like product managers (which is why you see some whip-smart product managers able to build products _without_ human devs)