The 4 Cognitive Archetypes of Developers Using AI

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on something: The question for most developers is no longer "Are you using AI?", but rather "How and why are you using AI?". I’ve noticed AI tooling becoming increasingly embedded in my daily workflow. At this time last year, my usage of AI was limited to code autocomplete suggestions in my IDE that I would manually validate. Now I am using coding assistants to help ideate, prototype, and refactor my projects. In just one year, my workflow has changed dramatically. I