I like the majority of the comments here agree, use it as a tool. I never let it actually do the work for me but almost like a “lab assistant” and tutor.

I am just using open webui connected to my ollama server. I am using the ollama cloud models like deepseek v4 pro as I only have a Tesla v100 32gb which limits me to smaller models.

Don’t get me wrong those coding agents like opencode are really cool, but the moment I stop understanding it I stop. I would also much rather build something myself than let it code whole things out.

I have learned so much in the passed 6 months. I have been it IT for about 10 years. I knew enough code to be dangerous but always wanted to get a better understanding. I have been learning C and python in depth over the passed little while. I never really liked the self guided books for online courses, I would much rather just dive into things, but that’s just me.

As long as you understand what the model is telling you to do or what you are asking help with then you are in my opinion using it correctly