Slow is Smooth. Smooth is Fast.

At first, it’s magical.
You’re coding at lightspeed.
The UI? Chef’s kiss. Way better than anything you’ve designed before (and you designed it… sort of).
You and the AI are in perfect sync. Power-couple vibes.

Then, slowly, a shadow creeps in:
Tech debt.

You feel it, but you ignore it. You don’t want to break the flow.
You add more features. Stack more logic.
The AI is starting to look confused. You gaslight it with vague prompts.
It stalls. You manually review code.
“Just a quick fix,” you whisper.

But the creep turns into a crawl.

You need a database now. So you duct tape one in.
Things get... weird.
Files named utils2_final_final.ts.
A component called NewForm3Try.
AI says nothing. It’s too polite.

Eventually, the AI taps out.
You’re knee-deep in a codebase that looks like a Jackson Pollock painting, but in TypeScript.

You stop.
You stare.
You sigh.
You're not learning anything. Just watching AI throw code spaghetti at the wall.
You hit Ctrl+Z like it’s a slot machine.
Rollback. Hard.

And here’s the twist:
It hurts, but it also feels... good.
You go back to square one. This time, humbler.
You write some of the code yourself.
Smaller steps. Less AI. More learning.
The pace is slower. But you're building again.
And—dare I say it—you’re having fun.

AI is like a turbo button. Use it wisely. Or you'll crash straight into a wall of your own abstractions.
Or, as the Navy SEALs say: “Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.”