Coding with AI eventually comes down to two paths, I've realized. One is using AI exclusively for everything. The other is not using it at all. There is almost no middle ground. The reason is that as the complexity and depth of the problem increase, the code AI generates increasingly follows enterprise level patterns. The deeper the meaning of what I input, the more AI tends to produce code that goes beyond my own area of expertise. For example, a human expert's code is very powerful and deep within their own domain, but when you look at the entire codebase, it's often shallow and uneven outside that domain. But the moment you write code with AI, once you go deep in one part, AI tries to standardize the rest accordingly. This means the entire codebase converges toward enterprise level standard code, which essentially reflects the average patterns of senior programmers who built large scale systems.

The problem is this. Human cognitive resources are finite, so we inevitably become shallow outside our own expertise. There is no programmer who can do everything well. And as systems grow in scale, they become more modularized and fragmented, making it impossible to understand the whole system. So what should we do about this? That's always the question.

In the end, do I choose not to use AI, finish the project with uneven code outside my domain, and deliver it? Or do I use AI and deliver a program that is uniform and consistent, but not in my own style? I still don't know. I haven't found the answer yet.

You can also just use AI and keep the scale of your changes small rather than refactoring the whole app with a change? This isn't super-weird.

Own the design and let AI write the code. Spend the extra free time on becoming a better/broader architect.