AI is better at writing prompts than most humans. It requires work and lots of developers don’t think getting good at prompting actually matters.

At least half of the complaints I see on HN boil down to the person's prompts suck. Or the expectation that AI can read their mind.

It reminds me of HNers boasting about never learning html/css/javascript in the past because it's beneath them. Or claiming that any Real Engineer wouldn't use javascript by choice on the server.

Once you accept that expert engineer peers of yours are using AI (or Node) productively, then surely some curiosity is in order: how can AI help you get chores done, and where are your attempts failing where other people are succeeding?

Someone trying to use AI earnestly would share their prompt to look for feedback. Instead it's just "it doesn't work" cathartic ranting.