Strong disagree. I've been coding for 25+years but never on the front-end side. I couldn't write JS w/ pen & paper with a gun against my head. But I know what to ask and how to make sure a react component does what I want it to do, with these tools.
> Rule number 1 and the only rule: You need to be a subject matter expert. Be it program logic or be it programming language.
You are a subject matter in program logic, just not programming language. You are supporting their point, not disagreeing.
I guess that's the part I disagree on. The programming language is largely irrelevant now is what I'm seeing. And especially the "time to first result" is orders of magnitude smaller when using AI assistants than having to rtfm/google/so every little problem I encounter in an unfamiliar language.
And I am in no way stating that my code will match an expert in that field, of course.
Do you have to maintain the code?
That is the subject matter expertise that many lack.