Software devs warn AI rots brains

The industry is trading long-term system integrity for short-term velocity, creating a generation of "vibe coders" who can't debug their own work.

• –"Tokenmaxxing" incentives at firms like Meta treat LLM consumption as a productivity metric, encouraging bloated and unvetted codebases.
• –The loss of mental models means senior devs are becoming "babysitters" for AI agents rather than architects.
• –Junior developers are bypassing the "struggle" phase of learning, leaving them incapable of identifying subtle AI hallucinations in complex logic.
• –This "productivity paradox" shows more code being shipped while systemic knowledge and job satisfaction are hollowed out.