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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: post |
| 3 | +title: "AI Development Reality Check: Lessons from Blog Automation" |
| 4 | +date: 2025-06-10 08:30:00 +0900 |
| 5 | +categories: [Development, DevDiary] |
| 6 | +tags: [AI Development, GitHub Pages, Automation, Development Experience, Junior Developer] |
| 7 | +author: "Kevin Park" |
| 8 | +excerpt: "Real stories from building a GitHub Pages blog with AI over the past few days. The light and shadow of AI development" |
| 9 | +image: "/assets/images/posts/ai-dev-reality-diary/hero.png" |
| 10 | +lang: en |
| 11 | +--- |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +# AI Development Reality Check: Lessons from Blog Automation |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +*The reality of AI development: coexistence of convenience and complexity* |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## 📝 Today's Problem |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +For the past few days, I've been completely immersed in creating a GitHub Pages blog and working on AI prompt automation. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Since AI was generating code so smoothly, I thought "Wow, this is really easy!" But when I actually tried to run it, problems kept popping up everywhere. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +## 💡 Problem-Solving Process |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +### AI's Strengths: Rapid Prototyping |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +```yaml |
| 29 | +# Jekyll configuration generated by AI in 1 minute |
| 30 | +plugins: |
| 31 | + - jekyll-feed |
| 32 | + - jekyll-sitemap |
| 33 | + - jekyll-seo-tag |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +collections: |
| 36 | + posts: |
| 37 | + output: true |
| 38 | + permalink: /:year/:month/:day/:title/ |
| 39 | +``` |
| 40 | +
|
| 41 | +**What was great**: AI creates basic structures and templates really quickly |
| 42 | +
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| 43 | +### AI's Limitations: Detailed Debugging |
| 44 | +
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| 45 | +```bash |
| 46 | +# In reality, these errors kept occurring |
| 47 | +Error: Liquid syntax error: Unknown tag 'mermaid' |
| 48 | +Error: Github Pages build failed |
| 49 | +``` |
| 50 | +
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| 51 | +**The problem**: When AI-generated code doesn't work in the actual environment, finding what went wrong is ultimately the developer's responsibility |
| 52 | +
|
| 53 | +## 🎯 Key Insights |
| 54 | +
|
| 55 | +### 1. AI + Existing Knowledge: An Essential Combination |
| 56 | +
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| 57 | +- AI generates code, but **guiding it in the right direction** is the developer's role |
| 58 | +- Existing knowledge to **validate and modify** the generated output is essential |
| 59 | +
|
| 60 | +### 2. The New Dilemma for Junior Developers |
| 61 | +
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| 62 | +```javascript |
| 63 | +// Old junior developer's goal |
| 64 | +const juniorGoal = "Step by step from Hello World"; |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +// Current junior developer's reality |
| 67 | +const currentReality = "This much with AI should be basic, right?"; |
| 68 | +``` |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +**Paradoxical situation**: |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +- Learning has become easier, but expectations have risen to 5-6 years of experience level |
| 73 | +- AI tool utilization skills are now additionally required |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +### 3. Core Skills in AI Development |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +- **Prompt Engineering**: Accurately conveying requirements to AI |
| 78 | +- **Output Validation**: Identifying problems in generated code |
| 79 | +- **Iterative Improvement**: Progressively enhancing quality together with AI |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +## 📈 Conclusion |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +AI development is **an innovation in tools**, not **a replacement for development knowledge**. |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +In fact, you need existing development knowledge to properly utilize AI and to judge "this isn't right" when AI makes mistakes. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +**Essential competencies for new developers**: |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +- Traditional development knowledge (fundamentals) |
| 90 | +- AI tool utilization skills (new fundamentals) |
| 91 | +- Insight to connect these two domains |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +It's quite ironic, but this is reality. Developers in the AI era need to know even more. |
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