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You can build any app you want with AI developer tools
Chatbots are good, dev tools are better but harder to use
Ever since we taught computers how to speak human, (link to article) it has been getting easier and easier to build apps for normal people.
Gone are the days of spending hundreds of hours learning to speak computer.
As a reminder there are 3 main classes of tools:
- Chatbots (ChatGPT and Claude)
- Developer Assistants (Github Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf)
- Cloud AI Building Systems (v0, Replit, Bolt, Lovable)
Yesterday I talked about using AI chatbots to create apps. (link to article)
Today let’s dive into Developer Assistants. Specifically AI-powered coding assistants or integrated development environments.
What is a developer assistant or Integrated Developer Environment
Back in the day when you were creating a computer program you could write it where ever or however you wanted. But to run it you would have to submit it to a special program called a compiler. The compiler would take your human-readable computer code and translate it into even more computer like computer code that computers would run. This process was tedious and error-prone, often requiring multiple attempts to get right. Often there were bugs or errors. So programmers started adding little…
