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AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy

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Re: AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy

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I am not comparing myself to you (or any developer) I know the basics of code and play around, but with AI tools like VSCode and CoPilot subscription I have done some crazy stuff that would have either been impossible or years worth of work for me. I have been working with Python and created a few tools that saved me tons of time every day. I do side computer/networking work and I was able to build my own invoicing application to bill and track everything. My latest project has been an IT helpdesk for our internal IT team. I am sure the code is not good by your standards but these tools are amazing for what I use them for. What scares me is if someone with my level "skill" would create programs that become mission critical and think nothing of it...that is asking for trouble..at least with where we are at with AI right now.

I am pretty proud of my helpdesk: website: https://helpfuldjinn.com/ or via the github: https://github.com/DjinnRutger/HelpDesk-Public

It has been a great adventure seeing what AI has enabled to be done!

Re: AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy

#12

Same here! I built around 6 side projects this year! One literally in 1h which now serves my little community I living in ( A fun side effects I got from this: Now I can see my ideas fully fleshed out, and realised that, a), most of these ideas are stupid and better solved by existing solutions , or b), that the code was never the problem but tweaking the UI or user facing part to really hone in the problem I am tryi…

what coding agents you are using?

I am using Claude 98% of the time, and using Zed as an IDE for it.

Re: AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy

#13

I am not comparing myself to you (or any developer) I know the basics of code and play around, but with AI tools like VSCode and CoPilot subscription I have done some crazy stuff that would have either been impossible or years worth of work for me. I have been working with Python and created a few tools that saved me tons of time every day. I do side computer/networking work and I was able to build my own invoicing a…

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Re: AI Code assistants has made completing side projects so easy

#14

I am not comparing myself to you (or any developer) I know the basics of code and play around, but with AI tools like VSCode and CoPilot subscription I have done some crazy stuff that would have either been impossible or years worth of work for me. I have been working with Python and created a few tools that saved me tons of time every day. I do side computer/networking work and I was able to build my own invoicing a…

I like the UX and design!
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