--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: AI coding assistants can generate code quickly, but real software development bottlenecks lie elsewhere. Working on existing codebases requires understanding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-kluler3s4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: AI coding assistants can generate code quickly, but real software development bottlenecks lie elsewhere. Working on existing codebases requires understanding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-kluler3s4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kLULEr3s4.png og:image:alt: Medium 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. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI coding assistants can generate code quickly, but real software development bottlenecks lie elsewhere. Working on existing codebases requires understanding system context, making safe incremental changes, and protecting working features — areas where AI still struggles. AI tends to rewrite more than needed rather than preserving existing behavior. The key skill is crafting precise prompts that define not just what to build, but what must never change. 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