How I code with AI right now

I just want to take a moment to sit back and marvel at how wildly different this looks to how coding looked just 3 years ago. We are living in such an exciting time

When Theo says ‘I’m working closely with the team to solve the issues’ I’m imagining him sending a message/email and that’s it

Can I say that I thoroughly enjoyed the re-appearance of Tutorial Theo :) We have missed you!

PRO TIP: Before you close your laptop, use this prompt: "Is there anything that we've just discussed that needs to go back into the plan" I cannot stress how important developing that habit is. This was a small, simple example but most things we deal with will be bigger. It's important to capture those changes before you forget. Yes, sure, just read the code, but just reading code does not always give you a good sense of how or why you got there.

claude code would have made this so much smoother

It's funny how the list of "How to make your agent smarter" is practically the same things to make a junior dev "smarter". It's also the same kinds of things I reach for when solving a complex problem.

now do a production project. gimmicky stuff from scratch is a minimal portion of my workload

So, starting from a prompt: 1. build a plan 2. revise it. 3. use / build tools that are useful for validating / testing the code wirtten 4. If you're stuck, learn from the mistakes and revise the plan. 5. Once everything seems to work, review your changes. 6. Peer review your changes before merging. 7. Repeat. This is just the Scrum development process. But at the commit level. This is a great win for devs.

This channel is often invaluable in keeping abreast of the latest improvements in software engineering. Even the advertisements are often intriguing, even if I have no immediate need for the product. Knowing what is available and what others are using makes me a better software engineer.

Thank you. This was exactly what I needed. This past week I did my first real vibe coding project in Cursor on a replacement for a small personal project I've been running for over a decade. The scope was small enough but the UI is oddball enough that it was worth seeing how well Cursor and the current models could work for me acting as an orchestrator instead of a pure coder. It went well overall. But I did it in a very simple, linear process. You've just demonstrated several patterns I need to try out. Excellent job. This is going to be a fruitful topic for a while until most seasoned devs get used to doing this.