I could not fit everything i wanted to ask in the title, and the title probably needs some explanation. So to preface, I dont use AI code much, I have several projects which I taken effort to have 0% AI code, but I was wondering, because I do have certain tools, e.g a timetable editor supposed to make a timetable in a specific format i liked, or something that generates or give me a links of docs in a specific way, that I had generated, I also had projects which I tried using it for snippets, boilerplate and explanations. But I was wondering, where would be like, the best balance between human and AI code be, or rather how would you reclaim it in a sense, or improve your learning while also being efficient or also be knowledgeable enough about your code that you are a suitable person to maintain it.

Like, is it the second you read such code and try to understand it, you have the understanding but you completely lost most learning? Also would you potentially be locked into bad design choices by AI. What if you just looked at the inputs of the programs or the outputs and tried to recreate from that. Or what if you asked it what libraries to use, and you use those, would you have deprived yourself significantly of some level of understanding by having the design and architecture handing too you, even if you do the rest of the coding, and finally what if you memorized enough of the code to the point you can recreate it, and maybe apply it in different contexts a bit. Also would it be worth sharing if i do understand such code that was made by the AI, or would i be contributing to Slop. Basically, can you use it, but still at the end of the day be suitable to maintaining that code and etc.

Sorry if thats alot, anyways, curious to hear what people think, this could be useful for me in the future.