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I Don’t Trust AI to Write My Code—But I Let It Read Everything

I Don’t Trust AI to Write My Code—But I Let It Read Everything

Update: 2025-12-12
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/i-dont-trust-ai-to-write-my-codebut-i-let-it-read-everything.

Tools like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude already save me hours every week by reading code, exploring messy open-source projects, and filling gaps where necessary.

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I’m a senior full-stack developer who still cringes at AI-generated code in production. But tools like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude already save me hours every week – not by writing code for me, but by reading code, exploring messy open-source projects, and filling gaps where documentation is missing.

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I Don’t Trust AI to Write My Code—But I Let It Read Everything

I Don’t Trust AI to Write My Code—But I Let It Read Everything

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