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MixedClaude Code · 22 Jan 2026

I sacrifice gaining knowledge for time

coopykins on Hacker News

In the thread “Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant”

Helped: Finding issues and proposing fixes for quick fixes.

Got in the way: Losing insight and understanding of the system.

… Now, I have two options: I can trust it or I can dig in myself and understand why it's happening myself. I sacrifice gaining knowledge for time. I often choose the later, and put my time in areas I think are more important than this, but I'm aware of it. …