Artificial intelligence tools are becoming part of everyday web development, but everyone seems to use them differently. Some developers use AI for debugging, others for writing documentation, generating code snippets, improving accessibility, or speeding up repetitive tasks.
I’m curious how experienced developers are incorporating AI into their workflow.
Which AI tools have genuinely improved your productivity?
What tasks do you still prefer to do manually?
Have you found any situations where AI-generated code caused unexpected problems?
What best practices would you recommend for using AI responsibly during development?
I’d love to hear real-world experiences and learn what has worked well for other developers.
I am still surprised that all the people talk about vibe coding, Codex, Claude etc.
I have used Codex last month as our company had an special offer from OpenAI which means I had unlimited Token for July.
Yes it was really great to work with Codex. Exspecially using it to Check Code for vulnerabilities, fix them (always after letting him tell me how he will fix it), writing Unit Test and of course writing all this f… useless documentation like system design sheets which you always need to create but never ever someone reads
But after the month was over I got the usage Report and I have used over 30000 Token, which means, if I would have paid for it, it would have costs me more then 1000$. And I have „only“ used chatGPT 5.5 which is one of the cheapest available.
so how are all you people can afford using this all the time?
You take a subscription instead of paying with tokens, that’s a lot cheaper. Also, always use the right model with the right effort level, etc.
I use Claude and generally have so plans are written with Opus and then implemented with Sonnet. Gives more power when needed and then goes down a bit for the gruntwork. Works really well so far.