10 hours searching, 5 lines of code solution...
So, I've been a developer for 3 months now, and this is my first job ever.
I read a card describing a specific issue, so I started investigating and testing solutions with Sonnet 5. Nothing seemed to work.
After 8 hours, I thought I finally had it and showed a PR with around 50 lines of code to a senior developer.
He kindly told me to investigate the problem again because the PR was a little weird.
So, I decided to go through the flow line by line without AI. 40 minutes later, I came up with my own solution that hit the spot, with just 5 lines of code.
I feel like an idiot
Have you ever overcomplicated a problem, only to realize the solution was much simpler than you thought?