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Developer Tests AI Models on Real Migration and Planning Tasks

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer spent an afternoon migrating a year-old backlog of toolchain, dependencies, and data layer changes using AI models. The models handled edge cases on the first pass and completed architecture planning, deployment, and documentation for a new project. The developer notes the gap has closed significantly, with routine tasks now requiring less building and more steering.

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The anecdote underscores how rapidly AI coding assistants are maturing, but the real test remains whether they can handle complex, multi-step workflows without human oversight.
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