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Ask HN: How are you protecting yourself from skill atrophy?

4•xpnsec•9h ago
I’m interested in how people working in tech are avoiding skill atrophy in this LLM age?

We’ve all seen both sides of the argument spectrum, with “Let them atrophy, LLMs are the future, just look at the abacus!” to “I don’t use LLMs, they make mistakes and get in the way”. But the reality for many is that LLMs give a real performance boost and take on many tasks, even if they do make mistakes and need babysitting.

I fall on the side of caution in letting skills fall behind, there are too many unknowns in how much LLMs will drive workplaces in the medium to long term and what skills will be used, so I’m wondering how you keep your existing skills from atrophying when tempted with the “make it so” button?

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chistev•9h ago
Yea, I'm afraid of that too. AI atrophies the brain.

https://www.rxjourney.net/how-artificial-intelligence-ai-is-...

cyrusradfar•9h ago
I was concerned once I started using agents and built a tool that I use a lot when I'm building that helps me engage thoughtfully with what I'm co-creating with Agents called Intraview.

Allows Claude to create code tours I can navigate with the Agent, give feedback, and iterate together. It's a nice inner-loop step to internalize what's changing and why.

dabinat•9h ago
The big thing for me was switching off LLM autocomplete. I found myself typing a few characters then hovering my finger over Tab while I waited for it to catch up, instead of just typing a line I already knew how to write. So now I only use an LLM by choice when I actually need it.
verdverm•7h ago
Staying in the loop and learning new tech from docs and on discord. Don't instinctively reach for Ai first, use it when you know it will actually save time
uyzstvqs•3h ago
I use LLMs as a coding assistant. I don't vibecode. The result is that I'm actually improving my skills much faster and better than before, while also working far more productive.

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