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In summary, the most critical insight is that speed without comprehension creates invisible comprehension debt, resulting in production failures where humans cannot debug or understand the code they own.
Speed without understanding creates invisible technical debt and security vulnerabilities.
Junior developers lose critical thinking skills by relying on AI without verification.
Senior developers are overloaded reviewing AI output instead of designing systems.
Spec-driven development ensures human intent remains the source of truth.
The market value shifts from code generation to intent management and verification.
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Technical debt is visible but comprehension debt is not. Don't ship it if you don't understand it. Code is fast, but slow down to keep a good mental model if necessary.