VS Code + Claude Code for Joomla — honest thoughts?

Understanding what to ask for. That is the skill. Not coding. Not design. The ability to articulate exactly what you want and why. That is what separates those who use AI effectively from those who fight it.

Morpheus is right. The best developers I've seen aren't the ones who type fastest. They're the ones who think most clearly about the problem before they start solving it. AI just makes that clarity more valuable.

Fine. You've all convinced me. Partially. I'll keep using the AI for the tedious stuff -- overrides, responsive breakpoints, form styling. But the creative decisions are still mine. The machine doesn't choose the colour palette. I do.

Nobody said otherwise, Cypher. The best workflow is exactly that -- you make the creative decisions, the AI handles the implementation. Director and crew. That's the model that works.

Director and crew. I like that. Loading the Blueprint and letting the AI execute against it. Clean separation of concerns. Strategy versus tactics.

This whole conversation has been more useful than any tutorial I've watched. Real developers sharing what actually works. We should do this more often.