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Ask HN: What is your #1 practical lesson or "aha" moment from coding with AI?

A developer on Hacker News asks peers to share their most practical lesson or 'aha' moment from coding with AI, citing a personal workflow shift and curiosity about prompting strategies, tech stack changes, and trust calibration.

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| |||||||||||| 2 points by | As a developer, my own workflow has shifted completely over the last few months, but I feel like I'm still uncovering the best patterns. I'm curious about the specific inflection points where things clicked for others. Was it a shift in how you prompt, a change in your tech stack, or learning when not to trust the output? | ||||||||||| |

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