# Power of AI in Coding

By [Nathaniel Hall](https://paragraph.com/@d3nathaniel) · 2025-05-12

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Sometimes, as a human, I feel truly powerless in front of AI. Yesterday, while working on my new open-source project, I used AI to help initialize the codebase and build out the core logic. I had prepared a few different technical approaches.

By default, I leaned toward Plan B — I believed it had more advantages. And then I asked AI just one more question: “Can you implement all four of these approaches in code?” Ten minutes later, with the help of AI agents, all the code was done. No syntax errors.

Aside from two plans that ran into issues during auto-merging, everything else worked perfectly. Before asking, I already knew AI could technically do it. But when the completed code was laid out in front of me, that sense of powerlessness hit me hard.

That feeling of defeat in front of AI... I couldn’t shake it off. All your experience — ten-plus years as an engineer — distilled into this 10-minute “stare-down” with AI. All your professionalism — a decade of rigor and discipline — compressed into this one moment.

And AI simply says: “Please accept this reality.” I came across a set of “vibe coding” mottos yesterday: Go with the flow, avoid friction. Focus on problems, not the code. Right now, these are the only words I can lean on for comfort and encouragement.

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