AI coding assistants, whether in the browser like Bolt.new and oTToDev, or IDEs like Windsurf and Cursor, are all AMAZING and save you hours and hours building a prototype for literally any app you can dream of. However, one huge flaw with these platforms is none of them have external knowledge for crucial things like library documentation.
For example, Claude 3.5 Sonnet (and any LLM really) doesn’t know the latest changes made to the LangChain framework, or how to work with the latest version of Next.js. It would require somehow giving parts of their documentation to the LLM for it to generate working code.
That is why some form of RAG (retrieval augmented generation) is needed for these models, otherwise we’ll always be stuck in 2023, or whatever the training cutoff is for the model, creating our apps! Plus just because documentation existed before the training cutoff for the LLM doesn’t mean it knows it. That’s usually just for the larger libraries/frameworks.
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00:00 – Video Teaser
00:14 – The Problem with AI Coding Assistants
00:52 – Watch Bolt Fail to Build a Simple App
03:40 – The Solution – Claude Computer Use API
05:32 – Demoing Bolt.new + Claude Computer Use
09:28 – Outro
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Join the Discourse community for oTToDev, our fork of Bolt.new:
https://thinktank.ottomator.ai
I’m building something BIG behind the scenes for you:
https://ottomator.ai
Anthropic article for Claude Computer Use:
https://www.anthropic.com/news/developing-computer-use
GitHub repo to try Claude Computer Use:
https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-quickstarts/tree/main/computer-use-demo
Bolt.new:
https://bolt.new/
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Artificial Intelligence is no doubt the future of not just software development but the whole world. And I’m on a mission to master it – focusing first on mastering AI Agents.
Join me as I push the limits of what is possible with AI. I’ll be uploading videos at least two times a week – Sundays and Wednesdays at 7:00 PM CDT! Sundays and Wednesdays are for everything AI, focusing on providing insane and practical educational value. I will also post sometimes on Fridays at 7:00 PM CDT – specifically for platform showcases – sometimes sponsored, always creative in approach!