--- title: Best DEV posts — August 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted DEV posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best DEV posts — August 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted DEV posts from August 2025, 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 DEV — August 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/programming-is-becoming-prompting-7udofnjup "Programming Is Becoming Prompting") Article DEV · 1y Programming Is Becoming Prompting The programming landscape is shifting as AI tools transform coding from writing functions to crafting prompts. While AI assistance can scaffold codebases, generate tests, and speed up routine tasks, it risks diminishing creativity and problem-solving skills. Developers need to balance leveraging AI for efficiency while maintaining deep coding knowledge for debugging, scaling, and handling complex edge cases. The key is knowing when to use AI and when to code manually, as understanding fundamentals remains crucial when AI-generated solutions break or need customization. 516 45 [See all DEV archives](/sources/devto/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/devto/best-of/2025/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/08","name":"Best DEV Posts — August 2025","description":"The most upvoted DEV posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of/2025/08#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/programming-is-becoming-prompting-7udofnjup","name":"Programming Is Becoming Prompting"}]},{"@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":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2025"}]}]} ```