What Happens When AI Builds Your App? | Stories From The Hackery
Update: 2025-05-06
Description
In the latest episode of Stories from the Hackery, we catch up with Steve Brownlee, Nashville Software School’s lead full-stack software development instructor, for a behind-the-scenes look at how he rebuilt an application we used for pre-work that was discontinued several years ago using an open-source agentic AI tool. The result? A working prototype that would’ve taken much longer to code by hand—and a glimpse at how AI is reshaping software development.
Watch Steve's Demo here: https://youtu.be/RWhONVTO2oQ?si=KmC8cxhHyCVARKI0&t=1855
00:00 Intro: Meet Steve Brownlee
01:16 Case Study: Building an Application with Roo Code
04:17 The Pre-work Application's Background and Purpose
06:58 Initial Prompts and First Impressions
09:33 Refining the Code and Overcoming Challenges
18:55 Adding Features and Enhancements
22:38 The Role of Experience in Using AI Tools
26:14 Future of Junior Developers in an AI-Driven World
30:55 Interlude - You can view Steve’s demo here: https://youtu.be/RWhONVTO2oQ?si=KmC8cxhHyCVARKI0&t=1855
31.21 The Role of AI in Software Development
34.47 Future of Software Development
50:24 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Links:
Nashville Software School: https://nashvillesoftwareschool.com
Roo Code: https://github.com/RooVetGit/Roo-Code
Anthropic/Claude LLM: https://claude.ai
Monaco Code Editor: https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
Watch Steve's Demo here: https://youtu.be/RWhONVTO2oQ?si=KmC8cxhHyCVARKI0&t=1855
00:00 Intro: Meet Steve Brownlee
01:16 Case Study: Building an Application with Roo Code
04:17 The Pre-work Application's Background and Purpose
06:58 Initial Prompts and First Impressions
09:33 Refining the Code and Overcoming Challenges
18:55 Adding Features and Enhancements
22:38 The Role of Experience in Using AI Tools
26:14 Future of Junior Developers in an AI-Driven World
30:55 Interlude - You can view Steve’s demo here: https://youtu.be/RWhONVTO2oQ?si=KmC8cxhHyCVARKI0&t=1855
31.21 The Role of AI in Software Development
34.47 Future of Software Development
50:24 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Links:
Nashville Software School: https://nashvillesoftwareschool.com
Roo Code: https://github.com/RooVetGit/Roo-Code
Anthropic/Claude LLM: https://claude.ai
Monaco Code Editor: https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/
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