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When AI promises speed but delivers debugging hell

Lessons learned from building Codescribble with a little help (and a lot of frustration) from an AI

As the title implies, I used LLMs extensively, and they ended up causing a significant amount of frustration as I struggled to unwind the mess they made . I decided to build the entire application using TypeScript for both frontend and backend, with Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Cursor as my primary development partner. In hindsight, it was an absolute waste of time and was getting me further and further away from my goal I've observed similar situations in professional settings where focusing too closely on individual steps can obscure the bigger picture.

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