Agentic Skill Decay
Addy Osmani warns that AI agents can short‑circuit the hands‑on practice (“reps”) that builds deep expertise and judgment. He recommends deliberately inserting hypothesis‑forming, “why” questioning, diff inspection, failure prediction, and occasional manual coding into the workflow, especially for junior engineers. A 2026 Anthropic study showed junior developers using AI scored 17 % lower on a fo…










