Steve Sewell articles - 47 total
How I use Cursor (+ my best tips)
I was just chatting with one of our senior engineers, and he mentioned that he barely types code...
Turn Figma Designs into Full Stack Apps Using Lovable and Builder.io
If you’ve ever turned Figma designs into a functional application, you know just how complex that...
Windsurf vs Cursor: which is the better AI code editor?
Let's take a look at two popular AI-powered IDEs: Windsurf and Cursor. Both claim to accelerate your...
Devin review: is it a better AI coding agent than Cursor?
I paid the $500 a month to use Devin, the AI coding agent, so you don't have to. Let's compare it to...
Is OpenAI's o1 model a breakthrough or a bust?
OpenAI's latest model, o1, isn't getting nearly as much buzz as its predecessors GPT-3 and GPT-4....
Solved: Why ChatGPT Won't Say "Brian Hood" (Blame Regexes)
We've figured out why ChatGPT refuses to say certain people's names, no matter what. And it's for the...
Why AI Is Making Dev Skills More Valuable, Not Less
This chart is the reason that AI is not making developers obsolete anytime soon. In fact, it shows...
The Big Lie AI Vendors Keep Telling You
OpenAI and other big AI vendors keep pumping one huge lie, even though all the data suggests they're...
Generate Figma Designs with AI
"Design me a landing page for a fintech app.” A few years ago, this would have kicked off hours of...
Turn a Figma Design Into a Working Dashboard App in 5 Minutes
I just turned a Figma design into a working dashboard app with real APIs, data, and pagination in...
Turn a Figma Dropdown Design Into Working React Code in 1 Minute
I just transformed a Figma design into working React code, complete with TypeScript and tests, in...
Introducing Visual Copilot 2.0: Design to Interactive
We've all been there. The design looks perfect in Figma. Everyone's approved it. But then comes the...
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Visual Editing
Visual editors have come full circle in the world of content management systems (CMSs). Once a staple...
High-Performance Personalization For Modern Frontends
Personalizing websites is like walking a tightrope. We want Blazing Fast™ performance, deeply...
I Built A Website That Is AI-Generated As You Browse It
Ever thought about what the web would look like if AI just... wrote everything? Well, I decided to...
The Ultimate Guide to Headless CMS
Content management systems (CMS) have been around since the early days of the web. They solved a big...
The Unintended Consequences of Open Sourcing Software
Open source is pretty great. It's given us some of the most important tools we use every day — Linux,...
Where AI Dev Tools Miss the Mark
‘Artificial Intelligence will make developers obsolete,' they said. Yet here we are, debugging...
Good Refactoring vs Bad Refactoring
I've hired a lot of developers over the years. More than a few of them have come in with a strong...
How to Make AI Suck Less When Building AI Features
AI is pretty cool. It's also pretty dumb sometimes. As it turns out, there are techniques you can...
The Hidden Challenges of Design Systems (And How to Solve Them)
Design systems have become a crucial part of modern design and development, especially for large...
Introducing Micro Agent: An (Actually Reliable) AI Coding Agent
I don't know about you, but I always love finding new ways to make my job easier. AI-assisted coding...
Training Your Own AI Model Is Not As Hard As You (Probably) Think
Training your own AI model is a lot easier than you probably think. I'll show you how to do it with...
Introducing GPT Crawler - Turn Any Site Into a Custom GPT With Just a URL
✒️ Written by Steve Sewell Let's create a custom GPT in just two minutes using a new open-source...
Don’t Build AI Products The Way Everyone Else Is Doing It
Written by Steve Sewell. If you want to build AI products that are unique, valuable, and fast,...
Make an Animated Menu like Stripe with React, Tailwind, and AI
Written by Steve Sewell. How does Stripe make this awesome morphing menu animation? ...
Introducing Visual Copilot: A Better Figma-to-Code Workflow
Written by Steve Sewell A staggering 79% of frontend developers say that turning a Figma design...
Use Maps more and Objects less
Objects in JavaScript are awesome. They can do anything! Literally…anything. But, like all things,...
TypeScript Utility Types You Need to Know
Are you ever building something in TypeScript and realize... AGH! This package is not exporting a...
Everything you didn’t know you need to know about buttons
Show you use an anchor tag, a button tag, or something else entirely (a div??) for clickable elements...