{"id":401,"date":"2026-03-25T02:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unclestef.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2026-03-25T02:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T02:52:59","slug":"ai-is-writing-code-it-doesnt-understand-jetbrains-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unclestef.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/25\/ai-is-writing-code-it-doesnt-understand-jetbrains-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Is Writing Code It Doesn\u2019t Understand (JetBrains Warning)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a summary of a video I published on YouTube. You can click on the link below to watch the full video.<\/p>\n<h4>The biggest mistake developers are making with AI right now<\/h4>\n<p>A lot of developers think AI means they can skip thinking. That\u2019s the mistake. And it\u2019s going to cost them time, money, and a lot of frustration down the road.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019m seeing more and more is people letting AI generate entire chunks of applications without any real structure or oversight. It feels productive at first. Code appears quickly, features seem to work, and everything looks fine\u2014until it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Then things start breaking. And nobody knows why. Because nobody really understands what was built.<\/p>\n<h4>The workflow that actually works<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been around development long enough, you start to recognize patterns that hold up. This is one of them. AI works best when you put it in the right role.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the simple loop that makes sense:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The human defines the system<\/strong> \u2014 architecture, data flow, responsibilities<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI handles implementation<\/strong> \u2014 code generation, boilerplate, components<\/li>\n<li><strong>The human reviews and refines<\/strong> \u2014 ensuring clarity, correctness, and fit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s it. Nothing fancy. But if you skip the first or last step, things fall apart fast.<\/p>\n<p>AI is not there to think for you. It\u2019s there to execute within boundaries you define.<\/p>\n<h4>What happens when you skip the thinking<\/h4>\n<p>I call it \u201cAI slop.\u201d You get code that technically works, but it\u2019s messy, fragile, and hard to reason about. As soon as you try to extend it, things start to crack.<\/p>\n<p>This goes directly against what good developers aim for: simple, understandable systems. If you can\u2019t explain how your code works, you don\u2019t control it. And if you don\u2019t control it, you can\u2019t maintain it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve already seen teams run into this. Even companies building developer tools are warning about it. This isn\u2019t theoretical.<\/p>\n<h4>Why fundamentals matter more now, not less<\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s this idea floating around that AI makes fundamentals less important. It\u2019s the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t understand architecture, state, and how systems fit together, you can\u2019t guide the AI properly. You also can\u2019t evaluate whether what it produces is any good.<\/p>\n<p>So you end up accepting bad output because you don\u2019t know better. That\u2019s where the real risk is.<\/p>\n<h4>A simple example that says it all<\/h4>\n<p>I tried having AI generate a page for a site from scratch. It struggled. The output wasn\u2019t quite right, even after multiple attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Then I changed approach. I copied an existing page, gave the AI a specific task inside that structure, and suddenly it worked perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Same AI. Different context.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The difference was structure and constraints. That\u2019s your job.<\/p>\n<h4>The real takeaway<\/h4>\n<p>AI is like an IDE on steroids. It can speed you up, but it doesn\u2019t replace judgment.<\/p>\n<p>If you focus on architecture and clear thinking, AI becomes a serious advantage. If you try to skip that part, you\u2019re just building problems faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t hand over control. Use AI to execute your decisions, not replace them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video on YouTube here \ud83d\udc49<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFkJXwAexuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI Is Writing Code It Doesn\u2019t Understand (JetBrains Warning)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<br \/>\nStef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a summary of a video I published on YouTube. You can click on the link below to watch the full video. The biggest mistake developers are making with AI right now A lot of developers think AI means they can skip thinking. That\u2019s the mistake. 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