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Slow in Coding 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. # Going Fast VS. Slow in Coding **[NeetCode](https://daily.dev/sources/neetcode)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer reflects on the trade-offs between moving fast and slow when coding with AI assistance. Going too fast risks producing broken or low-quality code ('slop'), while going too slow means nothing ships. The author argues a happy medium is always necessary, noting that even with AI tools, they still rely on smaller-scoped tasks with faster models rather than fully delegating to AI systems. The ideal of AI autonomously filling in all the blanks isn't quite here yet. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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