A post arguing that AI reliance will stop engineers acquiring expertise draws 468 comments

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Summary: The post argues that delegating coding to models prevents engineers from building the expertise the delegation depends on. The Hacker News thread reached 468 comments and splits between practitioners who report skill loss and those who report none.
Why it matters: The thread is the clearest read available today on how practitioners split over whether agent use erodes the skill it replaces, and it carries no measurement on either side.