I got 2x faster with AI. I also got 2x better at shipping bugs I couldn't catch.

AI coding assistants can greatly increase developer speed, but they also make subtle bugs easier to miss.

The writer says one bad API call slipped into production because the model lacked project-specific context, not because it was “unintelligent.”

Their takeaway is that structured context files with conventions, versions, and constraints help AI generate more reliable code.