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Most "AI-Powered" Dev Tools Are Just a Chatbot

Kunal Kushwaha · Programming & Tech · 16 min · 48 thousand views · published 2026-09-04

Every dev tool added an AI chat panel this year. Almost none of them changed how the app actually gets built. This is a look at one that did

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