# How AI-Assisted Development Uses Reviewed Design Documents and Extensive Testing

DevFeed: [How AI-Assisted Development Uses Reviewed Design Documents and Extensive Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-stopped-writing-code-and-started-doing-this-32369.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://brianjenney.substack.com/p/i-stopped-writing-code-and-started>)

Author: Brian Jenney

Published: 2026-05-30T17:42:50Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Brian Jenney](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brian-jenney.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>), [Mocking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mocking.md>), [Boilerplate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boilerplate.md>), [GitHub API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-api.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [boilerplate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/boilerplate.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [mocking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mocking.md>), [terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes an AI-assisted development workflow in which reviewed, versioned design documents provide context for coding agents. Agents handle implementation and testing boilerplate, while developers decide expected behavior and test coverage. The author connects this process with frequent deployments and confidence in changes.

## Source excerpt

AI writes basically all of my code now.