Yes
That forced me to understand it, and that helped me solve it
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wasted about a week
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Helped: Switching to standalone app forced explaining the problem.
Got in the way: Relying too much on AI in IDE kept thinking shallow.
… I stopped using the AI in my IDE, and instead used a standalone Copilot app that I had to actually explain the problem. That forced me to understand it, and that helped me solve it. It demoted the AI to an interactive rubber duck (which is a great use for AI). …