The latest articles on DEV Community by Kode Sherpa (@kode_sherpa). https://dev.to/kode_sherpa https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Forganization%2Fprofile_image%2F12913%2Fe6880b2c-d0b6-4a8a-b2b1-a96cd8133f38.png https://dev.to/kode_sherpa en Diana Levytska Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:22:33 +0000 https://dev.to/kode_sherpa/we-turned-our-ai-smart-contract-generator-into-an-ide-2i7l https://dev.to/kode_sherpa/we-turned-our-ai-smart-contract-generator-into-an-ide-2i7l <p>When we started building Kode Sherpa, the goal was simple:<br> help developers generate smart contracts faster.</p> <p>But pretty quickly we hit a limit.</p> <p>Generating code is not the hard part anymore.<br> The hard part is everything around it:</p> <ul> <li>structuring the project</li> <li>writing and running tests</li> <li>handling deployment</li> <li>iterating safely</li> </ul> <p>So we started asking a different question:</p> <p>👉 What if AI didn’t just generate code, but helped you manage the entire project?</p> <p>That’s what led us to build Sherpa Studio.</p> <p>Instead of just outputting Solidity, you now work inside a structured environment:</p> <ul> <li>contracts, tests, config</li> <li>file management</li> <li>deployment scripts generated automatically</li> </ul> <p>We also introduced templates you can explore even without signing up — just to make the entry barrier lower.</p> <p>Still early, still a lot to improve.</p> <p>Curious to hear from other devs:<br> does this direction make sense, or is it overengineering?</p> solidity smartcontract ai programming