Asking the 'Silly' Questions

There are countless moments when working with AI agents where “silly” questions come up. Questions that experienced programmers would never ask. And that’s completely fine, because there’s no one watching and no one shooting you down for being wrong.

Like: why do all these frameworks exist? They’re abstractions for humans writing code. So if an LLM is extremely capable, why couldn’t it just write simpler code with fewer dependencies and fewer potential surface areas for bugs? Is that a silly thought or a good one?

Turns out, it’s not a silly thought at all. But yes, there are reasons: frameworks exist because the model has been trained on millions of projects using them, which is why code often gets built in certain frameworks.

The point is: working with AI agents lets you build up an understanding of the code world and the engineering world at your own pace. No gatekeeping, no judgment. Just questions, answers, and steady progress.