Are We Still Learning to Code or Just Learning to Ship Faster?

The developer experience has changed a lot. Today, almost everything is faster: tutorials templates starter kits code snippets debugging help deployment On one hand, that is amazing. It lowers friction and helps more people build. On the other hand, I keep wondering: Are we actually getting better at coding, or just getting better at shipping something quickly? Because speed is useful. But depth still matters. There is a difference between: copying a solution understanding why it works knowing when it will break being able to fix it under pressure I do not think shortcuts are bad. I use them too. But I do think modern development is forcing a new question: How do we stay fast without becoming shallow? Curious what others think: Do today’s tools make developers better or just more efficient?