The “100x Developer” Paradox: Is AI “Brain Fry” Killing the Craft?

AI promised to turn every developer into a 10x machine—but instead, it’s quietly frying our brains. We’re shipping faster than ever while thinking less, reviewing more, and losing the focus that made us good in the first place. The real cost of AI isn’t in the code—it’s in what it’s doing to our minds.

This post was originally published on Web Designer Depot by Simon Sterne.

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