The Prompt-Wait-Evaluate Loop: How AI Kills Flow Without You Noticing
A few months ago, I wrote about finding joy in programming in the age of AI. In the personal discussions I’ve had with fellow developers — both before and after that article — one thing keeps striking me. They just say: yes, that’s exactly how it feels.But a question kept coming up in those conversations: why does it feel this way?
- ▪A few months ago, I wrote about finding joy in programming in the age of AI.
- ▪In the personal discussions I’ve had with fellow developers — both before and after that article — one thing keeps striking me.
- ▪They just say: yes, that’s exactly how it feels.But a question kept coming up in those conversations: why does it feel this way?
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A few months ago, I wrote about finding joy in programming in the age of AI. In the personal discussions I’ve had with fellow developers — both before and after that article — one thing keeps striking me. Most people don’t argue. They just say: yes, that’s exactly how it feels.But a question kept coming up in those conversations: why does it feel this way? Not in the philosophical sense — I covered that. In the mechanical sense. What is actually happening to our attention when we work with AI coding assistants?I want to explore that topic more deeply, because I think understanding the mechanism matters.
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