Ankur Tyagi

I ve noticed that my workflow has changed completely over the last year. I rarely start a new project with a blank file anymore. Instead, I pick a template, reuse snippets, or let an AI helper suggest the structure and then I just vibe my way through the build.

It s faster, but sometimes I miss the old blank screen energy, when every line felt handcrafted.

I m curious how others here approach it:

Do you still prefer to build from scratch?

I m curious what you all devs and founders are relying on day-to-day in 2025. With the flood of new ai tools, it feels like every tool looks different depending on industry and workflow.

• What s ai tool working well for you right now?

• Which AI tools actually save you time?

• Which ones did you try but drop?

Would love to see how other folks are stacking their tools this year.

According to the 2025 @Stack Overflow Developer Survey (49,000+ participants), @VS Code and @Visual Studio remain the most used dev environments, despite the rise of subscription-based, AI-enabled code editors @Cursor and @Windsurf among others. Both maintain their top spots relying on extensions as optional, paid AI services like @Github Copilot and @Kilo Code.

Curious which IDE the Product Hunt community uses the most?