You know how everyone’s been raving about AI coding tools lately? Like, “Oh my God, Copilot wrote my entire app!” or “This tool saved me hours of work!” Yeah, I was one of those people. I jumped on the bandwagon hard, like full-speed, no seatbelt, straight into a wall kind of hard. And don’t get me wrong, AI coding tools can be incredibly helpful. But somewhere along the way, I realized something unsettling: they weren’t always making me better. In fact, some of them were slowly turning me into a lazy, confused, over-dependent mess of a developer. This is my honest take no, sugarcoating on 10 AI coding tools that, despite the hype, actually made me a worse programmer. Not because they’re bad tools (they’re not), but because of how they subtly warped my coding habits, critical thinking, and even my confidence. Buckle up, this is gonna get a little personal. 1. GitHub Copilot – The Genius That Made Me Dumb Let's start with the king of them all: GitHub Copilot. I’ll admit it, t...