My AI Workflow (Without Losing My Skills)

A developer shares their personal workflow for using AI coding tools without losing core programming skills. The approach distinguishes between vibe coding personal tools and prototypes (no code review needed) versus production code (100% review, ~50% written manually). Claude Code is used for well-isolated 'omega mess' components that can be thoroughly tested. The post includes a concrete case study of adding a pro voice feature to a boxing app, showing how planning, legacy code handling, AI-assisted generation, and manual UI coding were combined. The author argues that the time saved by AI should be redirected toward deeper thinking rather than shipping more features.