I'm super intrigued (I thought about Cursor, and was still deciding on it)!
I'd love to see where you take this...and your rules make sense. These are empowerment tools not replacement tools. I'm also partially responsible for tool development and rollout in my day job so these rules/considerations are top of mind for me too!
Good luck (and I might be copying your model for my own ideas)!
Not *all* the tools that allow you to code with AI are paid. Check out Roocode. It's completely free, and arguably better than Cursor and Windsurf. You can do quite a lot with a combination of Roocode and free versions of Gemini. (I have no affiliation with Roocode, I'm just intrigued by its capabilities.)
The company I work in seems to be very interested in equipping its developers with AI (although the choice was towards Copilot, not the sharpest tool in the shed, right now). The benefits of faster working on code are obvious. The impostor syndrome of devs using AI and saying "I was supposed to write the code" is present too :D But an evening session with cursor IDE is fun as hell!
I tried deepseek as a programming helper for myself and I enjoyed it too. All the annoying parts were reduced.
I think developers like us need to focus on other things in development and accept AI as another tool. I'm happy with it so far, but it feels like a pay-to-win game at the moment. :)
Thanks for sharing and how you are using AI. I work in tech and I’m not a coder per se but have been committing code consistently now since AI gave me a framework to get set up with quickly. I work with many senior devs who help make sure the code is useful and help me learn too but AI has meant I can speed up my learning by contributing in another meaningful way to my team.
That's great that seniors are supportive of non-coders in your company!
Definitely AI will help me with not memorizing all the tech I need to use, but focus on code design and in fact learning. My impostor syndrome will go through the roof, but at least I'll get the job done :D
I'm super intrigued (I thought about Cursor, and was still deciding on it)!
I'd love to see where you take this...and your rules make sense. These are empowerment tools not replacement tools. I'm also partially responsible for tool development and rollout in my day job so these rules/considerations are top of mind for me too!
Good luck (and I might be copying your model for my own ideas)!
Go for it!
Not *all* the tools that allow you to code with AI are paid. Check out Roocode. It's completely free, and arguably better than Cursor and Windsurf. You can do quite a lot with a combination of Roocode and free versions of Gemini. (I have no affiliation with Roocode, I'm just intrigued by its capabilities.)
Interesting! Thanks!
"My Wife With all the Solutions, colorized" nice. :D
I am curious to hear what your opinion on AI assisted programming is.
The company I work in seems to be very interested in equipping its developers with AI (although the choice was towards Copilot, not the sharpest tool in the shed, right now). The benefits of faster working on code are obvious. The impostor syndrome of devs using AI and saying "I was supposed to write the code" is present too :D But an evening session with cursor IDE is fun as hell!
I tried deepseek as a programming helper for myself and I enjoyed it too. All the annoying parts were reduced.
I think developers like us need to focus on other things in development and accept AI as another tool. I'm happy with it so far, but it feels like a pay-to-win game at the moment. :)
True, too many tools are hidden behind a subscriptions :D
Thanks for sharing and how you are using AI. I work in tech and I’m not a coder per se but have been committing code consistently now since AI gave me a framework to get set up with quickly. I work with many senior devs who help make sure the code is useful and help me learn too but AI has meant I can speed up my learning by contributing in another meaningful way to my team.
That's great that seniors are supportive of non-coders in your company!
Definitely AI will help me with not memorizing all the tech I need to use, but focus on code design and in fact learning. My impostor syndrome will go through the roof, but at least I'll get the job done :D