# How AI-assisted development can help developers experiment and work with unfamiliar code

DevFeed: [How AI-assisted development can help developers experiment and work with unfamiliar code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/is-ai-the-end-of-coding-as-we-know-it-or-just-another-tool-33524.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.aha.io/engineering/articles/is-ai-the-end-of-coding-or-just-another-tool>)

Published: 2025-07-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Aha! Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aha-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [WebAssembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-assembly.md>), [Rust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rust.md>), [Refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/refactoring.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-tools.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [rails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rails.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that AI-assisted development can help developers experiment with unfamiliar technologies, set up projects, learn language details, and handle tasks such as refactoring. The author describes using an AI-first editor with WebAssembly and Rust, concluding that rewriting part of the application was not yet justified.

## Source excerpt

The rapid advancement of AI tools has left many developers worried about the future of their careers. AI is either coming to take your job, or it's going to make you 10 times more productive -- if you learn to use it effectively. Nobody wants to be i