Our approach (which has been working pretty well, we've solved a lot of problems and learned some along the way) has been to use AI as an informer who also points us to sources
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Helped: Using AI to identify documentation and sources to read.
… All my coworkers are in the same boat though, so we don't really have anyone with the deep understanding. Our approach (which has been working pretty well, we've solved a lot of problems and learned some along the way) has been to use AI as an informer who also points us to sources (like documentation, github issues, etc) where we can then read up on something the AI has pointed us at. We try to time box things a bit to prevent going down the rabbit hole, so we don't always get to exhaust our curiosity, but we're continually gaining that knowledge and pressing forward. …