I agree, just because these AI tools give you coding superpowers doesn’t mean you’re a super coder.<p>There’s a difference between accelerating something you know how to do long hand, and automating something you couldn’t fix or replace yourself.<p>So it’s helpful to know if you are in a familiar mode or exploratory mode.<p>I wrote more about these two modes and the element of surprise here <a href="https://icing.space/2025/infinite-bicycles-for-the-mind" rel="nofollow">https://icing.space/2025/infinite-bicycles-for-the-mind</a>