Notes from the AI Coding Transition
Notes from the AI Coding Transition 05 Aug, 2026 Like many other software engineers, my coding workflow has changed dramatically since the start of 2026. And like many others, I've felt some mix of awe, grief, frenetic productivity, atrophying skills, and understanding less while shipping more. In this moment where the field is undergoing this rapid shift, I've found it helpful to read others' takes on their processes, what they're doing to keep their brains engaged, and their genuinely mixed feelings.
- ▪Notes from the AI Coding Transition 05 Aug, 2026 Like many other software engineers, my coding workflow has changed dramatically since the start of 2026.
- ▪And like many others, I've felt some mix of awe, grief, frenetic productivity, atrophying skills, and understanding less while shipping more.
- ▪In this moment where the field is undergoing this rapid shift, I've found it helpful to read others' takes on their processes, what they're doing to keep their brains engaged, and their genuinely mixed feelings.
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| Original publisher | Evan Schwartz |
| Canonical URL | https://emschwartz.me/notes-from-the-ai-coding-transition/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:52:41 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-05T20:00:44.526Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-05T20:00:44.526Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Notes from the AI Coding Transition 05 Aug, 2026 Like many other software engineers, my coding workflow has changed dramatically since the start of 2026. And like many others, I've felt some mix of awe, grief, frenetic productivity, atrophying skills, and understanding less while shipping more. In this moment where the field is undergoing this rapid shift, I've found it helpful to read others' takes on their processes, what they're doing to keep their brains engaged, and their genuinely mixed feelings. Before writing up my own thoughts, I went back through the relevant essays and blog posts from the last ~7 months to find the ones that resonated with me the most.
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