I use AI at work a lot. The reason why is that my ultimate objective at work is to solve customer problems and sustain the business through growth. AI helps me do that by generating code or drafting documents. What matters is that the objective gets met, not that I was the one who physically typed out every word or line of code.

Whether we’re talking about documents or code, while the solutions are majorly mine, they’re not my style or my voice. For Go code, Cursor rules and skills get pretty close to my style, but they’re not perfect. For other kinds of writing I have given up on them trying to mimic my style. If I’m reviewing work that AI generated for me, it’s practically the same as if I’m reviewing something from someone else. It doesn’t make a difference for the business.

Writing this blog is different. My objective of this blog to not only record and communicate my ideas, but to also improve my writing and thinking. When my daughter gets around to reading these posts, I want her to see my writing and see my voice. Not just my ideas with an LLM’s voice.

Even though “writing” these posts is a whole lot more fun with AI, I can’t lose my own voice in the process. So these posts will no longer have AI-assisted content. It’ll take more time and it’ll be less “fun,” but I think in the long run it’ll help me keep and evolve my writing voice.

I’m still planning on using AI to think through ideas, do research, and get feedback after publishing. I think that’s a sustainable balance.