Debugging was like detective work. Sometimes, finally, it would come out what I was hunting for, and the relief was almost overwhelming - like just unlocking this huge mystery that had been gnawing at me for hours maybe even days.
I only learned when I needed to know how to do something; it wasn't because some tool just pointed me in the right direction. This slow burn of learning made me a better developer.
Without the safety net of AI, I needed to know what I was doing at each step. I think one of the reasons why developers nowadays miss this depth of understanding is that they have these incredibly powerful tools right there at their fingertips.
Everything required a tremendous amount of effort, including writing test cases, for example. Nowadays, AI can write tests for you or suggest improvements, and everything is ready for you; back then, it was all up to me.
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