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Am I actually learning to code, or just "vibe prompting" my way into a dead end?

I’ve recently started implementing Redis for caching in my project. While I conceptually understand how caching works, I’ve hit a wall: I cannot write the actual implementation without AI.

When I look at the Redis logic the AI generates for me, it feels like 'magic' I don't truly control. I find myself 'vibe coding'—prompting until it works, then spending an hour trying to reverse-engineer what the AI just did.

My concern is this: Is the era of 'knowing every line' over for experienced developers, or am I building a career on a foundation of sand? I feel like a fraud using these 'temporary data magic' patterns when I couldn't recreate them from scratch if the power went out.

Is it a massive red flag that I’m 'shipping' code I don't instinctively understand, or is this just the modern workflow for managing complex tools like Redis?

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