My thoughts on I used AI, It worked, but I hated it by Taggart: I used AI, It worked, but I hated it by Taggart
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- I used AI, It worked, but I hated it by Taggart
- A banger and the best blog I have read in 2026. Period. Just read it. Please give that author a hit on his site for his work.
- But I will write about it anyways. It was a honest and blunt post, but written with both sides in mind, very balanced but favouring the other without defaming other side. Just take my money for writing this post.
- I have been screaming this, but nobody realises itQUOTE ”the tool requires expertise to validate, but its use diminishes expertise and stunts its growth. How does one become an expert? “
- banger after banger in the post, still saying you read it, please!QUOTE “I turned to generative models not only as an experiment, but out of desperation. I had a need for code that did not exist. Nobody was going to help me build it, nor should I expect help for a project.”
- How many of you fellow developers are feeling it? True and very resonatingQUOTE ”For any new potential project, there is a voice in my head telling me how much easier it would be to let the model do it”
- Sigh! this is sad part, we can’t box it againQUOTE ”If I could disinvent this technology, I would. My experiences, while enlightening as to models’ capabilities, have not altered my belief that they cause more harm than good. And yet, I have no plan on how to destroy generative AI. I don’t think this is a technology we can put back in the box. It may not take the same form a year from now; it may not be as ubiquitous or as celebrated, but it will remain.”
- Great post. I am just processing it all. The words just hit hard and then resonate perfectly with my experiences.