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Interesting read, it illustrates the challenge we have with regard to learning in a world with AI. We have to take measures for that because use of AI in coding is not going away and will only increase.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245

How AI Impacts Skill Formation
AI assistance produces significant productivity gains across professional domains, particularly for novice workers. Yet how this assistance affects the development of skills required to effectively supervise AI remains unclear. Novice workers who rely heavily on AI to complete unfamiliar tasks may compromise their own skill acquisition in the process. We conduct randomized experiments to study how developers gained mastery of a new asynchronous programming library with and without the assistanc…

@… Do you know where I can buy a paper copy of TLS mastery in europe? I've tried twice via Amazon and that failed.

Anthropic Study: #AI #Coding Assistance Reduces Developer Skill #Mastery by 17%

> We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245

https://dev.to/laravel_mastery_ffd9d10ec/php-killed-dynamic-properties-heres-why-and-what-to-do-3knh

I was out taking photos yesterday - and the one setting I forgot was limiting the ISO ... 🙈
Practice makes mastery ..

Fascinating work on 'Modern Motivators of Play' from @funnygodmother.bsky.social - classic motivators were Fun, Mastery, Competition, Immersion, Meditation, and Comfort; modern motivators are Self-Expression, Companionship, and Education https://ideaplatz.com/2025/08/28/new-t…

#AI mastery: I have taught #Gemini some #uwu.

Seahawks' defensive dominance in Super Bowl 60 vs. Patriots, by the numbers https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7032264/2026/02/09/seahawks-patriots-super-bowl-60-numbers-records/