When I use LLMs, I quickly lose focus.

Copy-paste, copy-paste. No real understanding of the solutions, even for areas of my expertise. I just don't feel like understanding the flood of information, without any real purpose behind the understanding. While I probably (?) get done more, I also just don't enjoy it. But I also can't go back to googling for hours now that this ready-made solution exists.

I wish it would have never been invented.

(Obviously scoped to my enjoyment of hobbyist projects, let's keep AI cancer research out of the picture..)

I’ve gotten into this mode too, but often when I do this, I eventually find myself in a rabbit hole dead end that the AI unwittingly lead me into. So I’m slowing down and using them to understand the code better. Unfortunately, all the tools are optimized for vibe coding, getting the quick answer without understanding, so it feels like I’m fighting the tools.

I recommend using them to ask questions about why something works rather than spit out code. They excel at that a lot of the time.