0:00 Hey, what's going on guys? So, every so 0:02 often I go through these phases of 0:04 burnout. I think we all do. I'm sure you 0:07 guys can relate to this. And I was 0:08 really lucky because for years I didn't 0:11 have any burnout. And I had a very just 0:14 high level of passion for software 0:16 development. I'd say from like 2015 to 0:19 2020. And I was doing freelance work and 0:22 at the same time uh building and and 0:25 growing my YouTube channel. And my 0:27 productivity just went through the roof. 0:29 And then in 2020, I had a huge burnout 0:31 phase and and since then it's been kind 0:33 of up and down. However, since I started 0:36 really getting into these more hardcore 0:39 AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, uh I 0:43 feel like I've had that flame reignited 0:45 to to just build stuff. And that's what 0:47 I want to talk about in this video. 0:49 [Music] 0:54 All right, guys. So, I just wanted to 0:55 take a second and tell you about today's 0:57 sponsor. 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So, check them out and 1:51 the links in the description below. All 1:53 right, so I've moved recently. That's 1:55 why things look different. I'm in a new 1:57 office. We'll see how it works out. I'm 1:59 still kind of tweaking things, so 2:01 hopefully the quality is okay. But I was 2:04 I'd say I was a little late to the party 2:05 with some of these hardcore AI tools. 2:08 Um, I mean, I've been using ChatGpt and 2:12 Copilot since they were released, but 2:14 tools like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude 2:16 Code, they really bring it to a whole 2:19 new level. And it's not just 2:21 autocomplete. It's not just copying and 2:23 pasting blocks of code here and there or 2:26 just asking questions. It's literally 2:28 having the agent write all your code for 2:31 you while you just dictate what you want 2:33 to build. Now, I know that there's a lot 2:36 of opinions out there. I know that some 2:38 of you ab absolutely hate this and I I 2:41 can see that point of view. Uh I really 2:43 can clear as day. I was skeptical and I 2:46 still am honestly. I I do think that 2:48 there's certain situations, certain 2:51 people that are at a certain skill level 2:53 where this is an absolute horrible idea. 2:56 But I also think for others it basically 2:59 gives you coding superpowers and you can 3:01 be more productive than you ever were 3:03 before. and the the way that we code 3:06 just as a whole, it's it's changing 3:08 100%. It's it's going to be completely 3:10 different. There's no fighting it. I 3:12 think that the only the only thing 3:14 that's going to come from people being 3:16 hesitant and and not using this stuff is 3:18 that they're going to fall behind, you 3:20 know, and I I feel like I've fallen 3:22 behind just because I wasn't on this 3:24 stuff right when it came out. Um, which 3:27 I think was a kind of a mistake on my 3:29 part being a content creator in the 3:30 space. I should be on top of new things 3:33 that are coming out. Um, and I'll talk 3:35 more about why I was hesitant in a few 3:37 minutes, but first I want to explain and 3:39 talk about why I feel like I've had that 3:41 passion and motivation come back after 3:44 somewhat of a burnout phase. So, I I 3:47 personally have always loved building 3:49 things. I mean, I think that that's a 3:51 given. All developers feel that way, I'm 3:53 sure. um you know create the feeling of 3:56 creating something that you can put out 3:58 there for other people to use or even 3:59 for just yourself to use it's like a 4:02 high and using tools like cursor allow 4:05 you to come up with an MVP a minimum 4:08 viable product and have it built and 4:10 deployed within just a couple hours you 4:13 know obviously depending on the size of 4:14 the project um but speed is definitely 4:18 uh an advantage I'd say the main 4:19 advantage another advantage is that you 4:22 don't have to spend all this time doing 4:24 tedious tasks and setting up 4:26 configurations, writing boilerplate, 4:28 debugging environment issues, things 4:30 like that. You can build a and and 4:33 manage at a much higher level. Now, this 4:36 has had me actually getting up earlier 4:40 excited to work on side projects, and I 4:42 haven't felt that way in in a few years 4:44 now. Um, I did something s very simple 4:47 at first. I just created a favicon 4:49 generator. For years, I've been using a 4:51 tool to generate my icons, and I figured 4:53 why not just build build it on my own. 4:56 And this isn't something that I would 4:57 have wanted to spend days building on my 5:00 own. It's just not that important 5:01 enough. Um, but I figured, you know, I 5:04 want to try out cursor. Let's put 5:05 something simple together. And I built 5:07 and deployed favicon forge.io in like 40 5:11 minutes. Um, since then I've created a 5:14 bunch of other projects and some more 5:15 advanced tools that I actually plan on 5:17 turning into a SAS and hopefully making 5:20 them profitable someday. Um, I also have 5:23 a list of projects that I've personally 5:25 wanted to use over the years that either 5:28 don't exist or they're not very good. 5:30 For instance, I've talked with you guys 5:32 before about the fact that I suffer from 5:34 migraines and vertigo and tonitis. And 5:37 uh I actually solved an issue with chat 5:41 GPT, an issue that I've had for like 5 5:43 years that doctors couldn't figure out. 5:46 So I'm creating an app based on that 5:48 where you can log your your symptoms and 5:51 use AI to basically help you find a 5:54 possible diagnosis and find different 5:56 ideas. Um the issue I had was like an 5:59 ear blockage. uh felt like my ears were 6:01 blocked every day and AI helped me 6:04 figure out figure it out that it was 6:06 actually dry skin within my ear canal 6:08 and we found a product on Amazon, an oil 6:11 moisturizer that fixed it and doctors 6:13 had no clue what this was for for like 5 6:16 years I I've had it um and that's 6:18 completely cured because of AI. So I 6:21 figured why not build a UI around that 6:24 um to help people solve their their 6:26 health health issues. Now, this is 6:28 something that would take me forever to 6:30 build from scratch, and I still have a 6:32 long way to go, but it's possible to 6:34 build in just a few weeks, spending 6:35 maybe an hour or two, a few days per 6:38 week. Uh, another thing that I've wanted 6:40 to do for years is is have a custom 6:43 platform uh for the video player for 6:46 Traversy Media rather than using the the 6:48 pre-built solution that we use now. and 6:51 I just haven't had the time to to put 6:53 into it doing courses and tutorials and 6:55 other stuff. But we can build that now, 6:58 you know, 10 20 times faster. Um, now I 7:01 do want to address the the elephant in 7:02 the room here, especially when it comes 7:04 to beginners. There are some real 7:06 concerns and potential consequences that 7:09 um that need to be addressed. So, first 7:12 off, if you're just starting out as as a 7:15 developer, I think relying too heavily 7:17 on these AI tools can actually hurt you 7:19 in the long run. You know, when I was 7:21 learning to code back in the day, um I 7:24 had to understand every line, you know, 7:27 every function, every concept because I 7:29 was writing it all myself. We didn't 7:31 obviously didn't have AI back then, um 7:34 or we didn't have the hardware to run 7:36 it. Now that struggle, as painful as it 7:38 was, it built a deep understanding of 7:40 how things actually work. And I think 7:43 now, you know, if you're a beginner and 7:46 you're just telling the AI agent to to 7:49 build your entire app without 7:50 understanding what it's actually doing, 7:53 you're not really learning to code. You 7:55 know, you're learning to be a project 7:56 manager for an AI. And that's a problem 8:00 because when things break, and they will 8:02 break, you won't have that foundational 8:04 knowledge to debug them or or understand 8:07 why they're not working. You know, 8:10 there's also a concern about the just 8:12 the industry as a whole. If everyone is 8:15 using these AI tools to generate their 8:17 code, what happens to entry level 8:19 positions? you know, companies might 8:21 start expecting senior level output from 8:24 junior developers or they might just 8:27 hire fewer developers overall because 8:30 you know, the productivity gains are so 8:32 significant. Um, and let's be real about 8:34 this to these tools are not perfect. 8:36 They can generate code that looks right 8:39 and they're always the AIS are always 8:42 very confident in their answers even if 8:45 they're completely wrong and there can 8:47 be bugs, security vulnerabilities. Uh I 8:50 think security is probably the biggest 8:52 issue, performance issues, um things 8:55 that you might not catch if you if you 8:57 don't have that experience to spot them. 8:59 You know, I've seen AI generated code 9:01 that works fine in development, but it 9:03 completely falls apart under real world 9:06 conditions. And I actually made a tweet 9:08 this morning that that I it sums up how 9:10 I feel exactly. So I said, if you're an 9:13 experienced developer, use AI to build. 9:16 you know, if you're a beginner or new to 9:19 a technology, use AI to learn. You know, 9:22 there's there's a lot more than one way 9:23 to use AI. And the level that you use it 9:27 at can be anywhere between using it to 9:29 create your entire project and having 9:31 you not write even one line of code to 9:35 you writing all your code, but just 9:36 asking for suggestions and asking how 9:39 things work. And if you're a beginner, 9:41 it's it's amazing for learning. um you 9:43 just have to actually use it to learn 9:45 and not just do everything for you. So, 9:48 you have to really have some some 9:49 discipline if you're going to be using 9:51 AI as a beginner. But that's it, guys. 9:54 Hopefully, you got a little insight from 9:55 this video. Of course, this is all just 9:57 my own opinion and experience, so take 9:59 it with a grain of salt.
