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- The author confesses to shipping a bug fix without personally investigating the Sentry issue, reading the code, or verifying the fix, relying entirely on Claude AI.
- The AI's solution was correct, but the author realizes the workflow would look identical regardless of correctness, highlighting a dangerous reliance on unchecked AI outputs.
- The author emphasizes that the job of a software engineer involves critical thinking—understanding root causes, reading stack traces, and ensuring fixes are comprehensive—not just delegating to AI.
- There is a distinction between using AI as a collaborative tool (e.g., to challenge ideas or draft code) versus using it to bypass understanding and personal engagement.
- The author proposes a new rule: do not ship any change that they cannot explain, aiming to prevent blind trust in AI and preserve the skills of deep comprehension.
- The author acknowledges their own complicity in this behavior and warns against the subtle dopamine rush of skipping from problem to solution without proper analysis.