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How I Build about 60% of My App's Codebase in a day.

kamran on January 06, 2025

As a software developer, I'm always on the lookout for tools that can streamline my workflow and boost productivity. Recently, I had the opportunit...
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Matthew Sekale

You really had a good experience. I noticed there is no diclosure?

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kamran

That i can jot down in next blog.

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Red Axle

You can get that number closer to 95% using Genatron AI

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Vijay sf • Edited

Please keep in mind that AI tools learn through interactions, prompts and conversations, it's only matter of time, humans won't be needed for coding altogether

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Sharon Fabin

Actually not so much, any of these generated code bases is nice for small projects. Once you start to get into more complex logic yiu realize the generated code is really bad and can't be used almost at all.

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Victor Mombeyarara

So 100% true. Once you have a larger and more complex project, you need to generate the code is small bits and pieces. And this is why I believe humans are still going to be needed because only a human can put it all together into a fully functioning app.

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kamran

Yes, its like humans cant be replaced, may be it will reduce no of devs, may be.

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Blessed Ndoro

If anything our job will be to maintain the code generators 😃

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leob

Yeah maybe, maybe not ... let's wait and see!

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kamran

Thats inevitable, we just have to be prepare to live with it

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anscarlett

Maybe for web apps, but that's because there's a massive amount of source material for them.

There's so much more to it than that though.

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Jay • Edited

At the end the only thing that matters is your skills and experience

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rakesh debur

Sounds Super Interesting, Kamran.

Thank you for sharing a detailed review.

I am in fact looking for something similar for my App.

I have built the UI of the web app using V0.dev from Vercel which uses Next Js and Shad cn and now looking to implement the backend for it via consumable apis for user & content management.

It would be great if you can share your complete experience in a follow up article article on rest of the features like User, Auth Api's & Dashboard generated with Customization options.

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kamran

Yeah, sure why not, i will share the detailed experience in next article.

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Isaac Klutse

I will check up their website, this was helpful

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Nikvothe

"Hey I am a dev let me show you my tips and tricks to be 60% more effective"

Proceeds to show an ad for a chatGPT wrapper kind of bs service

Check my professional Restaurant app

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Atharva Kulkarni

Wish to know more about this tbh!

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kamran

I will write another blog in detail, making it more simple.
How i made the productionized the app, made it live and all.