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I have never tried to use AI to develop software, just looked at the output that sometimes shows up in google searches. Noises are starting to come from on-high about an AI 'push', so I may need to show some basic awareness. Any suggestions on how to get started or should I just ask the AI?
I'd suggest Cursor. I was somewhat anti-AI-coding until my job encouraged it, and Cursor (using Claude 4 Sonnet) gave me that "ohh, now I get it" moment.
It's still plenty capable of generating bad code, so it can take a bit of practice to get a feel for how to use it productively.