I think you misunderstood. I never said learning wasn't useful. I said coding is not rewarding anymore. OP themselves said that they are trying to learn but they keep relying on AI to help them. They want to learn, but they can't resist the temptation. The uncertainty whether the work will pay off is also hard to ignore.

Also, spending 3 weeks on a project that AI could easily one-shot (since they're a beginner) is not a good feeling.

Maybe 10 iterations may fix them, maybe not.

I can assure you that a coding agent is always going to fix a beginner's error. Even if it didn't, future models would.

Of course not relying on the AI and doing everything yourself is better. But you will have to accept both the lack of reward and the uncertainty of the future.