How I use AI to boost productivity while coding
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2023-12-19

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AI is fantastic at helping us be more productive, but it's a little annoying when everything is spread out over different apps, which is why things like Pieces are great, which combine chatbots with other awesome tools, all together to help us be more productive.

🔗 Links 
✅ Try Pieces: https://www.kevinpowell.co/pieces
✅ The Frontend Mentor project I was creating in this video: https://www.frontendmentor.io/challenges/body-mass-index-calculator-brrBkfSz1T

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - What we're going to be using
02:25 - Creating a CSS starter based on a design system
05:10 - Getting the code into VS Code
08:00 - Using GPT-4 inside of VS Code
10:35 - Bringing in GitHub Gists
12:30 - Getting code from images and screenshots
14:26 - Creating simple columns with prompts
21:21 - Creating a complex grid with prompts
29:45 - Saving snippets you find on the web

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