# How 1Password interns are building with AI

DevFeed: [How 1Password interns are building with AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-1password-interns-are-building-with-ai-1924.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://1password.com/blog/how-1password-interns-are-building-with-ai>)

Author: info@1password.com (1Password)

Published: 2026-06-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on 1Password Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-1password-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Vibe coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vibe-coding.md>), [For the Love of Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/for-the-love-of-code.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [career](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/career.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [errors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/errors.md>), [hackathon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hackathon.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [life-at-1password](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/life-at-1password.md>), [prototypes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototypes.md>), [vibe-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vibe-coding.md>)

## AI overview

1Password interns describe using AI to learn unfamiliar concepts, explain errors, refine writing, organize thoughts through rubber ducking, and rapidly create prototypes during a low-stakes hackathon. Their experiences also highlight the need to review AI-generated work for errors.

## Source excerpt

At 1Password, we're empowering our people to explore how AI can help them learn faster, solve problems more creatively, and make meaningful contributions at every stage of their career. For our interns, that culture shows up in practical, everyday ways. AI can help make a large codebase feel more approachable, turn a confusing error message into a learning moment, or create space to think through an idea before writing the first line of code. Just as importantly, it helps them build confidence, ask better questions, and do their best thinking. We spoke with two interns, Eileen Zhao and Kashish Garg, about what they've experimented with and what impact looks like as they use AI in their work at 1Password. Meet Eileen, Developer Intern Hi, I'm Eileen! I've been interning at 1Password for the past year across three teams: I started in Product Operations, moved to Knox (our design systems team), and I'm now on the Insights team. Outside of work, I love doing crosswords, lifting weights, reading, and playing video games. For a fun fact: I've been journaling every single day for the past 7.5 years! How have you used AI during your year at 1Password? I've had a lot of opportunities to experiment with AI in different contexts. In Product Operations, I used it to edit my writing and make sure my communications were concise and meaningful when working with different stakeholders. As a developer, I lean on AI most when I'm picking up new concepts, which happens a lot when you move between teams. It's great at explaining things and pointing me toward resources to dig deeper. I also use it for "rubber ducking" - talking through my thought process step-by-step before I start coding, which helps me organize my thinking before I write a single line. Can you give us an example where AI helped you think through your ideas? During my time on the Knox team, we had an internal hackathon where I got to fully lean into "vibe coding" for the first time. It was a low-stakes environment to j