On AI Coding Assistants

Opening thoughts Since switching to using AI coding assistants as a first class citizen in my development cycle last October, I haven't had a single eureka moment at my job despite previously having them on a weekly basis. That's a scary proposition because those moments are clear signals of overcoming a difficult concept to learn something more deeply. Nonetheless, there are real pressures to use those tools at work, and I believe that they do provide genuine value when used responsibly. AI coding assistants are very impressive tools, yet I also find them utterly dreadful. My favorite part about the development process is getting stuck with a problem, going for a walk or taking a bath, and then having that eureka moment where the solution to the problem leaps into my brain. I previously discussed that exact feeling: However, I ran into an issue, which was how do I determine the location of the screen as I move around the map? My first approach was to use the camera's current bounds.…