Ops Development & AI Practice

Jun 19, 2026 · Backend Development

When AI Eats Your Muscle Memory: Surrender or Become a Cold “Hybrid Intelligent” Developer?

The article analyzes how reliance on AI coding assistants erodes developers' hands‑on skills, compares this to aviation automation bias, and proposes a “mixed‑intelligence” approach that balances AI efficiency with deliberate manual practice to retain low‑level control and resilience.