# How I Use AI Tools for Code Search, Review, Low-Stakes Work, and Learning

DevFeed: [How I Use AI Tools for Code Search, Review, Low-Stakes Work, and Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-use-ai-39404.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.pranshu-raj.in/posts/how-i-use-ai/>)

Author: Pranshu Raj

Published: 2026-01-27T19:14:20Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pranshu Raj - blog on backend systems, performance and sidequests](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pranshu-raj-blog-on-backend-systems-performance-and-sidequests.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [GitHub Copilot code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot-code-review.md>), [prompting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/prompting.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-tools.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes using AI tools in daily development work for searching unfamiliar code, code review, low-stakes tasks such as Dockerfiles and CI, and pair programming for learning. They avoid using AI for architecture decisions, complex or sensitive logic, and product questions.

## Source excerpt

What AI use has improved for me, what I avoid doing and things that have worked best for me so far.