As technology continues to advance, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly important tool for developers. With the ability to act as a “Google on steroids,” an interactive context-sensitive search tool, and a digital assistant that takes care of repetitive and tedious tasks, AI has the potential to change the way we work and help us to create better and more efficient solutions. This post is a more in-depth article based on my Twitter Thread on AI for developers.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving and has the potential to change the way we work as developers. At its core, AI acts as a powerful tool that can help us to save time and effort while increasing productivity and shortening time-to-market.
One of the most significant advantages of AI is that it acts as a “Google on Steroids,” providing us with an interactive and context-sensitive search tool that can help us find the answers we need quickly and easily. Additionally, AI can act as a digital assistant that takes care of repetitive and tedious tasks, freeing up our time to focus on more important work.
As developers, it’s essential that we invest our time and effort in adding value to our projects. This means solving problems, weighing the current options, and giving our clients the right direction and implementation to get the most value out of their situation. By using AI, we can achieve this by increasing productivity, shortening time-to-market, and providing context-sensitive solutions.
While some developers may choose to write all the code themselves, or learn and find the best way and steps on their own, it will take more time, effort, and money than necessary. With all the online resources and AI added to that, developers can create products in a fraction of the time it would take otherwise.
In fact, quite a few developers in my network have used AI to create products in just a couple of days by coupling AI APIs on a website and adding payment functionality. These solutions are viable, used by many, and provide great value (even though they were implemented quickly).
It’s important to note that while AI can help us to provide value, it cannot provide value by itself. The key is to use AI in the right way and to find out what value it can provide for you.
I personally have been playing with AI and I am currently working on a product powered by AI that helps developers transform SQL into LINQ C# code. The product is called LINQ Me Up, which you can checkout at https://www.linqmeup.com
If you still can’t see how AI might benefit you as a maker, developer or digital entrepreneur, here are ten explicit examples of how AI could provide value:
In conclusion, as developers, we should not ignore the potential of AI and should take the time to play around with it and find out what value it can provide for us.
Whether it’s as a tool that explains, writes, and creates, or as part of our solution to fulfil an otherwise complicated implementation, AI has the potential to change the way we work and help us to create better and more efficient solutions.
Take care and remember: Create. Value. First.
Also published here.