Over the past year, the way I build applications has changed dramatically. Projects that once took weeks now take days with the help of AI. But the biggest shift isn’t speed, it’s how I learn and how I teach.
In this talk, I’ll share how I’ve started using AI not just as a coding assistant, but as a teaching layer inside my development workflow and content. I’ll walk through how I use AI to explore architectures, validate decisions, and iterate faster, and how I bring that same process into tutorials watched by millions of developers.
This approach shifts learning from passive consumption to active collaboration. Instead of just showing what to build, I focus on teaching how to think with AI.
I’ll also address the growing gap between fast “vibe coding” and real understanding, and how using AI intentionally can help developers build both speed and depth.
This talk offers a practical perspective on how AI is reshaping not just how we build software, but how developers learn, grow, and think in the process.
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