The Digital Press

In the age of AI-generated code, the ability to read and understand code remains a critical skill for developers to ensure quality and maintainability. While AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot can produce code, human oversight is essential to prevent bugs and performance issues.

Why it matters: Developers spend 58% to 70% of their time reading and understanding code, making code literacy vital despite AI assistance.

The stakes: Relying blindly on AI-generated code risks shipping buggy or inefficient software, placing responsibility on the developer.

The big picture: Effective coding means solving the right problems with good code, blending AI output with human review and editing.

Commenters say: Many express frustration over AI code’s verbosity and the extra effort required to review and clean it up, preferring to write code themselves.