--- title: Best Addy Osmani posts — May 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Addy Osmani posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Addy Osmani posts — May 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Addy Osmani posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Addy Osmani — May 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-outsource-the-learning-imeraomcp "Don't Outsource the Learning") Article Addy Osmani · 16w Don't Outsource the Learning Addy Osmani argues that the default way developers use AI coding tools optimizes for closing tasks rather than building understanding. Drawing on three recent studies — an Anthropic randomized trial, MIT's 'Your Brain on ChatGPT' EEG research, and a CHI 2026 paper — he shows that passive AI use measurably degrades comprehension and critical thinking. The key finding: the tool doesn't determine the outcome, the posture does. Engineers who used AI to ask conceptual questions outperformed those who copy-pasted generated code. Osmani offers concrete workflow shifts: form a hypothesis before prompting, ask for explanations before code, use learning modes (Claude's Learning Mode, ChatGPT's Study Mode), treat AI output like a junior engineer's PR, and periodically re-derive code by hand. He frames ship velocity and skill growth as two separate metrics — only one of which your employer tracks — and warns that engineers who can only ship with AI are entering a labor market already repricing what expertise is worth. 265 19 [See all Addy Osmani archives](/sources/addy/best-of) ```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","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/05","name":"Best Addy Osmani Posts — May 2026","description":"The most upvoted Addy Osmani posts from May 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of/2026/05#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-outsource-the-learning-imeraomcp","name":"Don't Outsource the Learning"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Addy Osmani","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/addy/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2026"}]}]} ```