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I didn't "do the wrong thing" for 8 months. I built reliable, robust software that did what it was designed for.

Would you say calculators rot brains?

Did the invention of writing rot the brain?

There’s zero chance you know if your code is robust, it’s barely had any time in production. Comment back in two years.

Something degrading because of lack of use is literally the definition of rotting. If you forgot how to multiply then yeah, calculators rotted your brain. If you never knew how to multiply then no. You clearly knew how to write code before and now you don’t. Rotting.

I would say about 80% of the code was in "production". Obvious hiccups were fixed after a few weeks of running. The platform was collecting, transforming, distributing data as designed without any major issues. The financial code was heavily tested by a PhD Wall Stree quant. The less tested parts were the front-end and the swarm itself under load.

And to clarify: I didn't "forget" how to code. I froze for a moment, after relying on a tool to write for me for most of a year. More like rusting.

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