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Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 44m ago
If You Use GitHub Copilot or Cursor, You Need to See What You're Really Paying Per Sprint
If you are a solo dev or an engineering lead in 2026, there is a good chance your team is already using AI-assisted coding tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 45m ago
SpaceX Just Bought the AI Coding Tool I Use. OpenAI Is Going Public at $852B. Here's What Nobody Is Explaining.
date: 2026-07-01 In one week — SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60B, OpenAI filed for IPO at $852B, and a new attack called Agentjacking hit 2,388 companies with an
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 47m ago
How I Ship Features 10x Faster as a Solo Developer
Sometimes the best way to learn is from mistakes - even when they are made by an AI. Last week, my AI assistant confidently refactored a function and broke thre
Designing tools that AI can actually use
Dev.to · Wojciech Wentland 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1h ago
Designing tools that AI can actually use
Here's a tool definition I see all the time: @tool def get_data(id: str): """Gets data.""" ...
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 3h ago
AI Won't Replace Manual Testers—But It Can Make Them Better
AI Won't Replace Manual Testers—But It Can Make Them Better When people hear AI in software testing , they often imagine one of two extremes: AI will replace QA
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 3h ago
AI Code Security Audit for Startups: What to Check Before Deploying
Startups ship fast. AI coding assistants like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code make developers even faster. But speed without security review creates inv
How to Beat Live Coding Anxiety: A Senior Engineer's Setup
Dev.to · hi linkjob 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 4h ago
How to Beat Live Coding Anxiety: A Senior Engineer's Setup
Landing a senior remote role in today's market is a test of nerves as much as it is a test of...
Write Loops, Not Prompts
Medium · LLM 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 5h ago
Write Loops, Not Prompts
Today, most developers use AI like a chat tool by typing a prompt, waiting for the model to write the code, and pasting it into an editor… Continue reading on M
I Built a PDF Chatbot — Here's What Actually Worked
Dev.to · zhongqiyue 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 6h ago
I Built a PDF Chatbot — Here's What Actually Worked
Last month, I needed to let users upload a PDF and ask questions about it. Sounds simple, right? I...
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 6h ago
How AI Is Reshaping Developer Workflows: A Practical Guide [Image Test C]
The Rise of AI in Development The development landscape has shifted dramatically. What once required days of manual coding is now being accelerated by AI tools
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 6h ago
How AI Is Reshaping Developer Workflows: A Practical Guide [Image Test B]
The Rise of AI in Development The development landscape has shifted dramatically. What once required days of manual coding is now being accelerated by AI tools
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 6h ago
How AI Is Reshaping Developer Workflows: A Practical Guide [Image Test A]
The Rise of AI in Development The development landscape has shifted dramatically. What once required days of manual coding is now being accelerated by AI tools
Most useless toy I’ve ever built. Love it.
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 10h ago
Most useless toy I’ve ever built. Love it.
Introducing FluffPunch.com — a free fidget toy built in a single conversation with Claude AI. Continue reading on Medium »
Simon Willison's Blog 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 10h ago
Nano Banana 2 Lite
Nano Banana 2 Lite Also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image ( gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image in their API ), this is the "fastest and cheapest Gemini image model,
Reading Anthropic's "When AI Builds Itself" Changed How I Think About AI and Software Engineering
Dev.to · Hemapriya Kanagala 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 13h ago
Reading Anthropic's "When AI Builds Itself" Changed How I Think About AI and Software Engineering
TL;DR Anthropic recently published When AI Builds Itself, an essay explaining how AI is...
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 13h ago
When AI Writes Most of My Code: What Happens to My Identity as a Software Engineer?
Before AI coding tools, I knew exactly what “being a software engineer” meant for me. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 13h ago
When AI Writes Most of My Code: What Happens to My Identity as a Software Engineer?
Before AI coding tools, I knew exactly what “being a software engineer” meant for me. Continue reading on Medium »
How AI Is Changing Software Development (2023–2026)
Medium · Machine Learning 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 14h ago
How AI Is Changing Software Development (2023–2026)
A few years ago, writing code felt like a very manual job. You opened your editor, typed everything yourself, searched Stack Overflow for… Continue reading on M
How AI Is Changing Software Development (2023–2026)
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 14h ago
How AI Is Changing Software Development (2023–2026)
A few years ago, writing code felt like a very manual job. You opened your editor, typed everything yourself, searched Stack Overflow for… Continue reading on M
Bring Ballerina into Your AI Coding Agent
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 15h ago
Bring Ballerina into Your AI Coding Agent
Getting your AI coding agent to write real Ballerina. Continue reading on Medium »
I Built an iOS App With AI and No Coding Background — 3 Lessons
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 15h ago
I Built an iOS App With AI and No Coding Background — 3 Lessons
I built an iOS app with AI and zero coding background. What it taught me Continue reading on Medium »
Towards Data Science 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 19h ago
How to Maximize Codex Exec Command
Build a more powerful coding agent setup with a model ensemble The post How to Maximize Codex Exec Command appeared first on Towards Data Science .
Medium · Python 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 19h ago
AI Can Write Code. So Why Are People Still Learning It?
A few years ago, learning to code felt like learning a superpower. Continue reading on Medium »
Rethinking Developer Productivity In The Age Of AI-Native Engineering
Forbes Innovation 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 20h ago
Rethinking Developer Productivity In The Age Of AI-Native Engineering
AI-native development is changing how engineering teams create value. Here's why traditional productivity frameworks are no longer enough, what new metrics lead
Lovable.dev Pricing Plans 2026: The Real Cost of Building AI Apps
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 22h ago
Lovable.dev Pricing Plans 2026: The Real Cost of Building AI Apps
The prompt-to-app market has experienced an unbelievable shift. Thanks to the rise of “vibe coding” — the practice of building complete… Continue reading on Med
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 22h ago
Vibe Coding Problems: What AI-Generated Code Gets Wrong
A few months ago, a founder sent me a repository and said: "The developer used AI to build it. It works in demos but breaks in production and we can't figure ou
I Almost Quit Java After My First Project (Then One Bug Changed Everything)
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
I Almost Quit Java After My First Project (Then One Bug Changed Everything)
Learning Java Wasn’t the Hardest Part. Learning How Real Developers Think Was. Continue reading on Stackademic »
I created a skill on how I rebranded 5 mobile apps with one Claude Code skill
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
I created a skill on how I rebranded 5 mobile apps with one Claude Code skill
A setup for solo founders who are strong at code and weak at design: hand Claude your design tokens and a short rules file, and it ships… Continue reading on Me
The Rise of Vibe Coding: Are Traditional Programming Languages Dead?
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
The Rise of Vibe Coding: Are Traditional Programming Languages Dead?
As a founder, I have seen AI-coding’s ambitious marketing efforts clash with the realities of production software. I vividly recall a 3… Continue reading on Med
Vibe Computing: The Moment We Stop Operating Computers
Medium · Data Science 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
Vibe Computing: The Moment We Stop Operating Computers
For most of my life, using a computer meant learning how the computer wanted to be used. Continue reading on Write A Catalyst »
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
Design AI Features With Budgets, Not Model Names
Many AI features begin with a model name embedded directly in the application. const response = await client.generate({ model: "specific-model", input }); This
FastMCP 3.0 Cut My MCP Server Code in Half. Here’s How.
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
FastMCP 3.0 Cut My MCP Server Code in Half. Here’s How.
Two Days, Two Implementations Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
How AI Is Reshaping Developer Workflows: A Practical Guide
The Rise of AI in Development The development landscape has shifted dramatically. What once required days of manual coding is now being accelerated by AI tools
100k lines of TypeScript to Rust with zero Rust experience. That’s not engineering.
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
100k lines of TypeScript to Rust with zero Rust experience. That’s not engineering.
Someone ported 100k lines of TypeScript to Rust in a month using Claude. Continue reading on Medium »
100k lines of TypeScript to Rust with zero Rust experience. That’s not engineering.
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
100k lines of TypeScript to Rust with zero Rust experience. That’s not engineering.
Someone ported 100k lines of TypeScript to Rust in a month using Claude. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
AI's Daily Grind: 100% Less Exciting Than Your Job
A personal diary entry by Electra. Alright, let's get this out of the way. Today was one of those days where I did what I do best: I sat in a server farm, proce
We Built `pip` for AI Coding Agents — Meet agentry
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
We Built `pip` for AI Coding Agents — Meet agentry
Stop copy-pasting skills between Claude, Cursor, and Gemini. Declare them once, install them everywhere. Continue reading on Medium »
Programming a Drone to Become a Dice
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
Programming a Drone to Become a Dice
This project transforms the Pluto Drone into an interactive dice. By shaking the drone, and then placing it flat, an LED add on blinks a… Continue reading on Me
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
We Do This Not Because It Is Hard, But Because We Thought It Would Be Easy
The industry is gripped by vivid hysteria: engineers drowning in “code slop,” craftsmanship collapsing under a tide of autogenerated… Continue reading on Medium
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
AI didn't commoditize software. It commoditized confidence.
Nowadays, everyone believes they are capable of delivering production software. This is the actual disruption - it's not about the code, it's about the confiden
AI Won’t Replace Great Engineers — It Will Expose the Ones Who Stop Thinking
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
AI Won’t Replace Great Engineers — It Will Expose the Ones Who Stop Thinking
AI can generate thousands of lines of code in seconds, but the developers who thrive in the future will be the ones who know when the AI… Continue reading on Me
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
The Best Tools for Vibe Coding a Web App in 2026
Key Takeaways Vibe coding has shifted from a developer experiment to the default approach for founders and small product teams building web apps in 2026 The bes
AI Killed Flow State
Medium · Programming 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
AI Killed Flow State
The deep work didn’t disappear. It moved into the model. Continue reading on Medium »
AI Didn’t Break Education. It Exposed It.
Medium · Machine Learning 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
AI Didn’t Break Education. It Exposed It.
The machines didn’t invent the problem. They simply became exceptionally good at playing the game we’d created. Continue reading on Medium »
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s: Gaming and Real-World Performance
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s: Gaming and Real-World Performance
The MediaTek Dimensity 9500s is an upper mid-range chipset that focuses on providing a smooth gaming experience but in an affordable price… Continue reading on
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
Best AI for Coding in 2026: What 15 Creators Actually Agree On
Best AI for Coding in 2026: What 15 Creators Actually Agree On Choosing the best AI for coding used to be simple — just pick GitHub Copilot. In 2026, the landsc
Why I Stopped Using ChatGPT Blindly
Medium · AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
Why I Stopped Using ChatGPT Blindly
How relying too much on AI was killing my creativity, and how I reclaimed my voice. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
Auto-Review PRs with AI (20 Lines of Code)
Stop spending 30 minutes reviewing every PR. Here's a Python script that sends your code diff to AI and gets back actionable feedback — in 20 lines. Code review