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TL;DR I use coding assistants to build out a piece of code. Once I feel ok with the initial output, I switch back into normal coding mode. I refactor the code, carefully document it and introduce abstractions that capture common patterns. I also write good tests for the code. For testing, I use my “normal coding brain” to come up with the test cases but lean on AI code accelerators to speed up the process.

I like this term AI code accelerators. It suggests that it helps do what you’d already decided to do. It helps with the boilerplate or repetition for instance.

I’m seeing more and more of this genre of article where very experienced software engineer describes their AI coding workflow.