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I was developing an application when the AI apparently figured out what the project was actually meant to do (let's just say it was operating in a bit of a gray area 😅) and suddenly stopped helping me.

The worst part? It wouldn't even help me with specific configuration questions about my own project anymore. I was practically locked out of my own work!

Lesson learned, folks: learn to read your code. Don't rely entirely on AI, because when it stops cooperating, you need to be able to keep going on your own. 😂

But I actually managed to fix it. 😝

Curious how? Keep reading 👇

The solution turned out to be surprisingly simple:

1. I asked the AI to summarize what we'd built so far, the decisions we'd made, and where we were headed.

2. I copied that summary into a brand-new session.

3. I deleted the previous session to keep the new chat from carrying over that context.

And just like that, I was back to work.

One clarification: working with web scraping or automation tools can fall into areas that some AI systems consider sensitive, depending on their purpose and implementation. That doesn't automatically mean anything illegal is going on. 😇

Has anything like this happened to you? How did you manage to move forward when your AI assistant stopped cooperating?

Follow me for more stories like this. And remember: AI can write code for you, but understanding that code is still your responsibility. 😂

Estaba desarrollando una aplicación cuando, aparentemente, la IA entendió para qué servía realmente el proyecto (digamos que se movía por una zona gris 😅) y dejó de querer ayudarme.

Lo peor es que ya ni siquiera quería ayudarme con configuraciones específicas de mi propio proyecto. ¡Prácticamente me quedé bloqueado fuera de mi propio trabajo!

Moraleja, chicos: aprendan a leer el código. No dependan completamente de la IA, porque el día que deje de colaborar, tienen que poder continuar por su cuenta. 😂

Pero conseguí solucionarlo. 😝

Si les interesa saber cómo, sigan leyendo 👇

Todo fue mucho más sencillo de lo que esperaba:

1. Le pedí a la IA un resumen de lo que habíamos desarrollado, las decisiones que habíamos tomado y hacia dónde nos dirigíamos.

2. Copié ese resumen en una sesión nueva.

3. Eliminé la sesión anterior para evitar que el nuevo chat siguiera arrastrando aquel contexto.

Y listo. Pude continuar trabajando.

Una aclaración: trabajar con herramientas de web scraping o automatización puede entrar en terrenos que algunos sistemas consideran sensibles, dependiendo de su finalidad y de cómo se implementen. Eso no significa automáticamente que haya nada ilegal. 😇

¿A alguien más le ha pasado algo parecido? ¿Cómo consiguieron continuar cuando su asistente de IA dejó de colaborar?

Síganme para más historias como esta. Y recuerden: la IA puede escribir código por ustedes, pero entenderlo sigue siendo responsabilidad suya. 😂

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I'm not a hired developer. I work on the floor. I built this on my own time, taught myself everything, and deployed it. It actually works.

I've tried to show it to management. They smile, nod, and nothing happens.

I'm two years into living in a new country, no degree, self-taught, and I'm pouring everything I have into this — not just to prove something, but because I genuinely see the problem and I know I solved it.

Has anyone been in this situation? Building something real, something that works, and feeling completely invisible?

How did you handle it — or did you just move on?

6am to 3pm I move cabinets at a factory. 4pm to midnight I write code.

I built a warehouse management app called Pickflow in my spare time — basically to solve a real problem I saw at work. It’s open source.

The factory honestly taught me a lot of the same things programming did: precision, patience, debugging why something doesn’t fit.

Anyone else here with a day job that has nothing to do with tech? How do you keep learning after a full shift?