Using AI as backend training wheels

AI isn't here to steal your job, it's here to hold your hand. As a freelance web developer, I'm constantly exploring new tools to boost my productivity. Lately, I've been leaning into AI not as a replacement for my skills, but as a powerful set of "training wheels" for my backend development. Think of it as a super-smart junior dev you can bounce ideas off, get boilerplate code from, and even debug with. The idea is to leverage AI for the repetitive, the mundane, and the slightly intimidating pa