"I’ve been getting back into flexing my developer muscles after an extended break, and I thought what better way to start than building something with today’s AI tools? The landscape has changed so much since I last coded—I'm so glad I don't have to scour dozens of search results just to find a simple fix anymore.
The 20-Minute Sandbox Build
To kick things off, I decided to build a basic chatbot. Using Bolt.new, I prompted what I wanted, and it compiled the initial code in about 20 minutes.
Moving to Production: Where the Real Engineering Began
Of course, getting it working in Bolt’s local sandbox was the easy part. The real work started when I tried to deploy it to my GitHub repository. Because GitHub Pages handles paths differently, the build broke immediately.
That's where the modern AI workflow really shines. Instead of slogging through endless forums for "why is my path breaking," I was able to use AI to help diagnose the configuration issues, fix the relative paths in my JSON objects, and securely wire up my Supabase backend token.
Check Out the Project
You can check out the project here.
For those of you who have been in the game for a while, what has it been like adapting your workflow to AI development versus the old way of doing things?"
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