I never raced the AI like this in real time, maybe I should try sometime.
I strongly recommend you do. I expect you will have fun doing it, and that you will grow as a developer by doing so whether or not the AI beats you or even succeeds at the task. Even if the AI fails, it will likely use different tools than the ones you would have used, so you’ll likely pick up new tricks. Having an AI to race against is also pretty great for staying focused and not getting sucked into rabbit holes—and it also is great for helping you determine after the fact whether a given rabbit hole was necessary to go down (if the AI didn’t go down the rabbit hole and successfully completed the task, the rabbit hole was not necessary).
I strongly recommend you do. I expect you will have fun doing it, and that you will grow as a developer by doing so whether or not the AI beats you or even succeeds at the task. Even if the AI fails, it will likely use different tools than the ones you would have used, so you’ll likely pick up new tricks. Having an AI to race against is also pretty great for staying focused and not getting sucked into rabbit holes—and it also is great for helping you determine after the fact whether a given rabbit hole was necessary to go down (if the AI didn’t go down the rabbit hole and successfully completed the task, the rabbit hole was not necessary).