I'm using agents to write code all the time now. 

Last year it was just autocomplete and now it's all agents. I was skeptical at first but now see the potential. 

I'm still learning so I expect my approach to change every few months but here's what Im doing now. 👇

Codex

This made me upgrade my ChatGPT subscription to pro but it was worth it. 

This was forced me to learn how to describe features or tasks in English. The feedback loop is around 5 - 10 minutes so it's harder to manage.

I bet I'll end up writing all my code this way in a year or two. Feels early right now.

v0 (Design)

Im a big fan of shadcn components and really like their approach to design. It probably won't wow you but it's good enough for the MVPs Im cooking up. It's great actually. 

The screenshot clone feature is magical. I try to find UI patterns I really like online and get v0 to make them.

cursor is very powerful and much more impressive than the other agents ive used

Cursor (IDE)

This is my main tool I use to build. Im still getting used to agents writing code for me. I use Claude Sonnet and I get the hype. I've been asking it to do more and it surprising me almost daily.

Cursor might be the best tech product I've ever used.

Christ follower, app developer https://simplecohortllc.com

Yea there’s something about banging your head against a problem and then finally reaching a solution that seems better and more rewarding than prompting.

I'm trying to find it too. I think I miss the dopamine hits I would get from solving smaller coding problems all day lol

I was just thinking this morning actually that AI is taking some of my drive away. I am less fired up to sit in front of an LLM and prompt all day, as opposed to before when I would just write code. I’m still looking for the right balance.

Web3 consultant | senior engineer @lazertech | crypto dinosaur 🦖

definitely. Its also very hard to stop relying on it once you have a taste 😆

Agree it has a long way to go. There's an art to knowing when and how to use it.

Agentic coding is the way to go now. There is no turning back. I had the same revelation

But its important to recognize it still has a long way to go. Its good for very routine and highly common tasks (web design, components, etc.) but for very niche applications (like one I am working on atm) you need to be very careful as it doesn't always get things right.