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NoGemini, Claude · 24 Apr 2026

it became too good in writing Elixir code that really stopped me from "thinking" aka using my brain

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In the thread “GPT-5.5”, replying to this comment

Helped: Intentional friction and manual architecture design

Got in the way: Seamless integration caused cognitive atrophy

… This forces me to mentally process that using AI is a chore. Previously, I was on tight Codex integration and leaving the licensing fears aside, it became too good in writing Elixir code that really stopped me from "thinking" aka using my brain. It felt good for the first few weeks but I later realised the dependence it created. …