Developers report loss of code understanding and confidence from relying on AI agents

According to GitHub and Hacker News discussions, developers using Codex and Claude agents report losing confidence in their own coding abilities and struggling to explain implementation decisions. The IntelliJ Shoaku plugin was created to address this concern, aiming to keep development human-paced and maintainable by slowing code generation to match human understanding rather than relying on AI that generates code faster than developers can comprehend it.