# Using AI to build your own software

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Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://lemire.me/blog/2026/07/16/using-ai-to-build-your-own-software/>)

Author: Daniel Lemire

Published: 2026-07-16T20:00:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Daniel Lemire](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/daniel-lemire.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [ImageMagick](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/imagemagick.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [imagemagick](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/imagemagick.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The author argues that AI is most useful when it helps people build personal software tools quickly. Examples include automating image processing, creating educational JavaScript apps, and building a tool to add subtitles to videos.

## Source excerpt

A few years ago, a friend of mine was stuck. He needed to quickly process over a hundred high-quality images according to a complicated sequence. He was using Photoshop, but it was going to take him days. Initially, he asked for my help, could I do the manual labor? I spent 15 minutes writing a ... Continue reading Using AI to build your own software