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FWIW, I’m in the same minority(?) as you. I suspect that others just have lower standards of rigor.

Do you find yourself still trying to use AI tools for the synthesis portion of writing/coding, or have you gone back to the 'manual' ways?

I've pretty much completely dropped it for writing (but still use it for catching issues with clarity or logical flow afterwards). I've yet to get away from it for coding. Perhaps I keep trying with coding because I feel I'm doing something wrong (and because for a a little my performance was tied to usage of it...).

I have no pressure to use LLMs for agentic coding, so I haven’t tried that hard, to be honest. I use LLMs to generate initial code drafts and to perform logical refactors (those which classic mechanical refactoring tools are unsuitable for) that I then touch up or revise manually. Basically, areas where it actually saves time while still fully controlling the design of the code and reasoning through all aspects of the implementation. I don’t see how agentic coding can save time without giving up some level of diligence, coherence, and attention to detail, which I’m not willing to do.

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