--- title: Do you have less time to read these days? | daily.dev description: A discussion prompt asking whether developers have less time for reading and skill-building because of increased AI usage and prompting workloads, inviting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-have-less-time-to-read-these-days--mi5q7s0s1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Do you have less time to read these days? | daily.dev og:description: A discussion prompt asking whether developers have less time for reading and skill-building because of increased AI usage and prompting workloads, inviting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-have-less-time-to-read-these-days--mi5q7s0s1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MI5q7S0S1.png og:image:alt: Do you have less time to read these days? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Do you have less time to read these days? **[Watercooler](https://daily.dev/sources/watercooler)** · [@idoshamun](https://daily.dev/idoshamun) · 1 min read · 11 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary A discussion prompt asking whether developers have less time for reading and skill-building because of increased AI usage and prompting workloads, inviting others to share how they cope with staying current. ## Content I'm seeing a trend that devs dedicated less time into reading and leveling up due to AI and being so busy with prompting. I can relate but still trying to keep up and level up. How do you feel about it? ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randy** · 2 upvotes > It depends on the day, and my mood. I have actually found myself scrolling [daily.dev](http://daily.dev) some days as I wait for the agent to do the thing. > > But there is the trouble that, because I'm waiting for it often, I end up doing a ton of other things, so I end up forgetting I could simply read. **@khauma** · 1 upvotes > Exact opposite for me. I am doing more reading and leveling up because of AI. Not only am I using AI as a tutor for anything I am trying to learn (I have it create lessons, challenges, and reviews for whatever I am trying to learn) but I have setup certain guard rails and skills to keep work I have it doing on course. I don't have to spend much time prompting because I have limited its scope at work. I also break my problems down into smaller problems so there is less room for errors. Very liberating, I have more time to study and level up. **@springtofigh** · 1 upvotes > I don't have less time, but I feel that reading more in an era of rapid content production and wide topic variety not only doesn't add to me but intensifies my sense of falling behind. Of course, this is personal, and I still prefer, as before, to read when I feel the need, not because many new and varied articles have appeared in my feed. **@hardik15** · 0 upvotes > Now the time is divided in the small fragment durations instead of a combined one, like between the prompt and the time it takes to complete the task. > > > For users like me who are on the small plans, the time I have is also dependent on the credits/usage left for the given period; if my credits are exhausted I have more time 😆 if not I will have less time for reading and exploration. **@agustinbarrientos** · 0 upvotes > I prefer a full article when I want to understand the whole problem, not just get the next answer ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [It's getting harder to focus every day](https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-getting-harder-to-focus-every-day-eyr8b8gyh) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Am I learning, or am I just prompting?](https://daily.dev/posts/am-i-learning-or-am-i-just-prompting--4qkucqjux) · iO tech\_hub · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-have-less-time-to-read-these-days--mi5q7s0s1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-have-less-time-to-read-these-days--mi5q7s0s1","headline":"Do you have less time to read these days?","text":"A discussion prompt asking whether developers have less time for reading and skill-building because of increased AI usage and prompting workloads, inviting others to share how they cope with staying current.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-have-less-time-to-read-these-days--mi5q7s0s1","datePublished":"2026-09-03T06:57:53.121Z","dateModified":"2026-09-03T06:58:04.819Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ido Shamun","url":"https://daily.dev/idoshamun","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---xy_OAwk--/f_auto,q_auto/v1703781380/avatars/avatar_28849d86070e4c099c877ab6837c61f0","description":"I'm to blame if something goes wrong here 🙈","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","logo":"https://daily-now-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/s--MASZOhnv--/f_auto/v1614088267/landing/Daily.dev_logo"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":181790}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":8}],"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"It depends on the day, and my mood. 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