Writing for yourself is crucial. Writing is in a way thinking and understanding. If you can't write for yourself, then don't write at all if you expect someone else to read it.
I have a large and complicated project at $DAYJOB where I am the solo dev with a large team of domain experts. They AI dump me with suggestions (rather rarely, thank god) for features with complicated implementation details despite having no insight into the codebase. What is the point of that? I can't discuss it with them. If I jump on a call, they'd have to say "oh sorry — I don't know, I'll get back to you".
When I need to send them a message about something domain specific I have no knowledge of, I'll spend hours understanding it as far as I can. And then wording it in a way that makes sense to me. I use AI A LOT in the understanding and proof reading of messages, but the wording and writing is mine.
I'd rather understand something partially, write a bit poorly, and send an imperfect message than to AI dump a perfectly formed message which takes everything into account but not really understand everything that I'm sending. It closes the door to actual communication between two humans.
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I have a large and complicated project at $DAYJOB where I am the solo dev with a large team of domain experts. They AI dump me with suggestions (rather rarely, thank god) for features with complicated implementation details despite having no insight into the codebase. What is the point of that? I can't discuss it with them. If I jump on a call, they'd have to say "oh sorry — I don't know, I'll get back to you".
When I need to send them a message about something domain specific I have no knowledge of, I'll spend hours understanding it as far as I can. And then wording it in a way that makes sense to me. I use AI A LOT in the understanding and proof reading of messages, but the wording and writing is mine.
I'd rather understand something partially, write a bit poorly, and send an imperfect message than to AI dump a perfectly formed message which takes everything into account but not really understand everything that I'm sending. It closes the door to actual communication between two humans.