Sitemap
Code Like A Girl

Welcome to Code Like A Girl, a space that celebrates redefining society's perceptions of women in technology. Share your story with us!

Member-only story

I Learned Python to Build AI Agents. Was It Worth It? (Includes My Python Notes)

7 min read18 hours ago

--

Press enter or click to view image in full size
An over-the-shoulder shot of a developer with long reddish hair sitting at a technical workbench, typing on a dark laptop screen displaying lines of Python code in an IDE, surrounded by electronics components, tools, and hardware equipment.
Fig. 1: When coding tools do the heavy lifting, understanding the logic on the screen is what keeps you in control. Photo by ThisIsEngineering - Pexels

Why learn Python from scratch when I can use a coding agent right in my VS Code?

Because having AI write your code is one thing, knowing whether it’s well-designed and follows the right business rules is another.

I use Python beyond software development, and that’s given me a different perspective on what learning it is actually worth. Let’s talk about becoming the programmer who doesn’t just tell AI, “I trust you bro, you decide whatever you want! ( and then push it to GitHub directly.)”

If you are not a Medium Member, you can red this via my friend link

I started learning Python because I wanted to build AI agents. I was coming from JavaScript, and the transition felt fairly smooth. Python was easy to read, and there were plenty of tutorials and an active developer community to learn from. A few years later, I still use it in much of my work.

But now that coding agents can write so much of the code for us, is learning Python still worth the time?

--

--

Software Engineer specializing in ML & Full-Stack • AI/ML, Python & JS • Writing about modern software, clean architecture, and daily dev challenges.

Code Like A Girl
Code Like A Girl

Published in Code Like A Girl

Welcome to Code Like A Girl, a space that celebrates redefining society's perceptions of women in technology. Share your story with us!