> Now I can build anything, but as I'm building it, I try to understand at least how it works. So I'm constantly asking questions.

This is the way!

AI is the best technology ever invented for avoiding learning things. It’s also the best technology ever invented for learning things.

I think it’s very important to be on your guard for accidentally glazing over your understanding, but if understanding is your goal, there are so many more tools for this now.

Before AI, even when working collaboratively and bumping into concepts I did not fully grasp, there was so much more friction to get answers. Sure I could Google and try my luck, or I could ask a colleague. But the LLMs have infinite patience, can build diagrams, and can answer weird questions I would be afraid to ask.

With writing I think it's the same thing.