Arre, what is up, everyone?
So, you know how everyone and their uncle is suddenly an “AI expert” on LinkedIn? My feed is full of gurus promising to make me a “100x engineer.” Bhai, at this point, I’d be happy just being a 1x engineer who doesn’t want to throw his laptop out the window.
I’ve been messing around with these AI tools for building some basic web stuff, you know, for my own projects. And let me tell you, it’s been a ride. It feels less like having a super-smart assistant and more like managing three very weird interns.
Let’s call them Intern A, Intern B, and Intern C.
Intern A is ChatGPT. The OG, the one everyone knows. You give him a task, and he’s… let’s say, efficient. A bit too efficient. I’ll be like, “Hey, can you build me a simple login page?” and he’ll give me a <div> with the word “Login” inside.
Thanks, genius. That’s the coding equivalent of a chess player learning the first two moves of the London System and calling himself a Grandmaster. It’s boilerplate. It’s the bare minimum. It’s like asking your friend to tell you a joke and he just says, “Knock, knock.” AND THEN WALKS AWAY. I’m left there like, “…Who’s there? Hello? Bhai? Finish the code!” I have to do most of the work myself. Underpowered is an understatement.
Then we have Intern B, which is Claude. This one is the complete opposite. This is the over-enthusiastic kid who just graduated and wants to impress everyone. He’s read all the books. All of them.
I ask Claude for the same login page. What do I get back? A 500-line epic. A masterpiece of modern engineering. It has comments explaining the philosophical significance of a user input field. It has sixteen different ways to hash a password, complete with a historical analysis of encryption. It’s a full-blown novel.
Bhai, I just needed a login page, not the source code for NASA’s next rocket launch. I appreciate the effort, I really do. But now I have to spend two hours cutting down your code to find the four lines I actually needed. It’s overwhelming. It’s like asking for the time and being given a sundial, a watch, and a lecture on quantum mechanics. Just tell me the time, yaar!
And this is where the main story begins. Enter Intern C: Gemini.
I went in with zero expectations. I was ready for more nonsense. I asked it for the same thing, the infamous login page.
And… it just gave me a login page.
A clean one. A working one. With the HTML, CSS, and basic JS right there, all neat and tidy.
I was shocked. I was like, “That’s it? Where’s the catch? Where’s the five-page essay? Where’s the half-finished code?” Nothing. It just… worked.
So I pushed it. I said, “Okay, smarty-pants, now make me a landing page with some smooth animations.” Done. Clean code. “Alright, what about some simple back-end logic in Node.js for a contact form?” BAM. There it was. Not too much, not too little.
It’s like this one actually listened to the brief. It doesn’t try to slack off, and it doesn’t try to write a PhD thesis for every single prompt. It hits that perfect balance. It gives you exactly what you need to get the job done and keep building. It’s the only intern I haven’t wanted to fire.
Look, I’m not saying it’s going to build you the next Amazon overnight. But for the day-to-day grind of a developer who’s just trying to build some basic stuff without losing his mind? This has been the most reliable, no-drama tool in my kit.
So yeah, that’s the scene. My AI coding journey has been less of a “revolution” and more of a terrible reality show. But at least I think I’ve found the winner.
👉 Anyway, enough of my ranting. What’s your experience been like? Which AI model is your go-to for web projects, and which one drives you absolutely insane? Drop it in the comments below. Let’s compare notes.
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