--- title: Your Developers Are Shipping More Than Ever. And Feeling... description: AI coding tools are boosting developer output while quietly eroding two things that make the work meaningful: confidence and pride. A new form of imposter... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-developers-are-shipping-more-than-ever-and-feeling-less-than-ever--znrdahm5f twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your Developers Are Shipping More Than Ever. And Feeling Less Than Ever. | daily.dev og:description: AI coding tools are boosting developer output while quietly eroding two things that make the work meaningful: confidence and pride. A new form of imposter... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-developers-are-shipping-more-than-ever-and-feeling-less-than-ever--znrdahm5f og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZnRdahM5f.png og:image:alt: Your Developers Are Shipping More Than Ever. And Feeling Less Than Ever. 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. # Your Developers Are Shipping More Than Ever. And Feeling Less Than Ever. **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AI coding tools are boosting developer output while quietly eroding two things that make the work meaningful: confidence and pride. A new form of imposter syndrome has emerged — not 'I'm not good enough' but 'I'm only good because of the tool' — which is nearly immune to evidence since every win is co-signed by an AI. Simultaneously, the intrinsic reward of solving hard problems is disappearing as models resolve bugs instantly, leaving developers feeling uninvolved in their own work. These two wounds feed each other in a loop. Practical remedies include deliberately leaving some problems to be solved unaided, making verbal code walkthroughs a low-stakes routine, and practicing 'life debugging' — reasoning about systems away from screens — to rebuild genuine internal understanding. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI is Making Junior Devs Useless](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-is-making-junior-devs-useless-vhtdbbntm) · Hacker News · 9 upvotes · 3 comments - [I use AI when I code. 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