--- title: Here's How the Craft of Development is Changing with AI description: As AI takes over more implementation work, expertise still matters because it shapes what developers imagine building, the author argues. Using a thought... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-the-craft-of-development-is-changing-with-ai-9uwmxarri twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Here's How the Craft of Development is Changing with AI | daily.dev og:description: As AI takes over more implementation work, expertise still matters because it shapes what developers imagine building, the author argues. Using a thought... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-the-craft-of-development-is-changing-with-ai-9uwmxarri og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9UwmXaRRI.png og:image:alt: Here's How the Craft of Development is Changing with AI 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. # Here's How the Craft of Development is Changing with AI **[Atomic Spin](https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary As AI takes over more implementation work, expertise still matters because it shapes what developers imagine building, the author argues. Using a thought experiment about an AI game engine where you only type prompts, two developers who can both generate a game produce different results based on their understanding of design and technical possibilities. A cited 2024 study found AI-generated ideas improved the output of less creative writers but made their stories more similar to each other, narrowing collective diversity. Research on 'productive failure' suggests attempting a problem before seeing the solution can deepen understanding. The author concludes that even if AI handles all technical work, deciding what to create remains a craft worth developing expertise for. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### does using AI to generate ideas reduce creative diversity across people Yes, a 2024 study published in Science Advances found that while AI-generated ideas improved individual creative output for less creative writers, the resulting stories became more similar to one another. This means AI boosted what single individuals could produce, but narrowed the diversity of what they collectively created. _Developers weighing AI-assisted ideation against original work can compare notes like this on daily.dev._ ### does struggling through a problem before seeing the solution help you learn better Yes, research on 'productive failure' indicates that attempting to solve a problem before being shown the solution can lead to deeper understanding and a greater ability to apply what was learned to new problems. This suggests that working through difficulties yourself, rather than immediately turning to AI, changes what you understand and can later create. _Anyone deciding when to lean on AI versus work it out manually can track this debate on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [In an AI world, the most valuable developers will be both artisans and builders](https://daily.dev/posts/in-an-ai-world-the-most-valuable-developers-will-be-both-artisans-and-builders-7nulprehx) · Stack Overflow Blog · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [AI and the Demand for Developers](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-and-the-demand-for-developers-bb6i7hlys) · Atomic Spin · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI code and software craft](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-code-and-software-craft-dabjwqv7n) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-the-craft-of-development-is-changing-with-ai-9uwmxarri) ```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":"TechArticle","headline":"Here's How the Craft of Development is Changing with AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-the-craft-of-development-is-changing-with-ai-9uwmxarri","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-how-the-craft-of-development-is-changing-with-ai-9uwmxarri"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T12:09:59.369Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T12:10:23.786Z","description":"As AI takes over more implementation work, expertise still matters because it shapes what developers imagine building, the author argues. 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