Neuroplasticity means coding skills can atrophy if developers don't actively use them with AI assistance.

12:50accountable for what it actually did. >> So it's really important to be an active engager with AI, to think critically, to challenge it, to present it with your ideas, and then see if there are refinements, but to not let it do all of the work. There's a concept called neuroplasticity, right? Where essentially your brain is an efficient machine. And so if you're not using a skill, you will lose that ability over

13:16time to [music] maintain that skill. And you can think about like an instrument that you learned in middle school and you haven't picked it up in 15 years, right? >> You may remember some of the basics, but a lot of the like more advanced skills that maybe you had attained are not there anymore. So, over time you do lose those skills. >> And the question isn't really like was

13:40every keystroke manual that I did I type in my computer every little thing? It's It's like which parts of programming keep up the understanding agency and satisfaction alive in your [music] work. And many experienced prompters know that the work gets better like when you know exactly what you're asking for and ask for it. >> So, I also really wanted to know like what separates energizing AI coding use

14:09from one that's diminishing of your spirit or energy or any of that stuff. Aaron Francis is the VP of marketing and community at Laravel and he's a developer and product builder. He's been building things for a very long time. He reached out to tell me he doesn't get any negative mental health side effects from AI coding, which is exactly why I wanted to talk to him. >> I definitely went through the psychosis