Thank you for your response. What you've said makes sense to me, and somewhat reflects my own experience.

To give some context, I've been working remotely since the start of my career and transitioned to a more content-oriented role last year, so I never progressed beyond being a junior engineer. But I do remember the deep discussions and technical planning sessions being the most rewarding and mentally challenging.

I have seen that AI has the same tendency of over-engineering solutions when you are in the documentation phase, where it tries to scope out the entire plan before I have a clear idea of what I wish to do. So I typically begin with a simple markdown doc and disable auto-complete before reaching out for it later.