AI-Assisted Development

Developers are using AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex every day. But most are doing it wrong. Here’s what you need to understand: Your job is not to let the AI write code. Your job is to stay in control of the change. The Problem Yes, AI coding tools are really good now. You can literally say “add authentication” or “fix this error,” and it will do something. It will fix the problem. That’s great. ...

Most developers ask AI tools to write a function or fix a bug. That’s fine, but here’s the cheat code I discovered: treat AI like a developer on your team. When I do that, everything changes. The Pattern I Discovered I use AI tools every day in my professional work and personal projects. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini; I subscribe to all of them. Over time, I’ve noticed a pattern. These tools excel at zooming in. By that, I mean they’re excellent at specific tasks: generating code, writing tests, refactoring functions, etc… . We all know this. ...