The hype around GitHub Copilot (or any other AI code assistant) is deafening. AI-assisted coding. Effortless automation. 10x productivity.
But here’s the harsh truth: Copilot isn’t empowering junior developers – it’s deskilling them.
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Copilot Turns Junior Devs Into Syntax Secretaries
How to Use Copilot Without Becoming Its Puppet
In a previous article, we laid it out – unfiltered: Copilot turns junior devs into syntax secretaries.
Not because it’s evil. But because it removes friction before understanding.
It gives you working code before you know what working even means. It creates the illusion of progress, while slowly eroding the very skills that define a software engineer: reasoning, decision-making, and technical ownership.
