Mindset Gap

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04 Jul, 2025

Long ago, a developer/programmer was supposed to think, think hard about a problem and then proceed to systematically unwrap the layer of complexities and then proceed to implement it.

The massive surge in tools that write code with only minimal prompts has made developers think far too little about the problem. Instead, a high-level description of the problem is presented to the AI tool, and results are awaited.

This creates a gap between the developer's mind and the machine for the solution being produced. Ultimately, the developer walks not with a perfect solution but rather a solution that is nearly similar, plus a sense of relief that it was generated by AI.

With many organisations adopting AI into their work stream, they soon are going to face the same mindset gap.

This gap can only be reduced through careful introspection of the problems being solved, rather than just throwing questions at AI tools.