Our AI Tool Preferences, Claude Code, & create-tsrouter-app Goes Solid

Key takeaways

Participate in the State of AI 2025 survey to contribute to insights on AI tools used by developers.
Claude Sonnet 3.7 is an advanced AI offering with unique modes that enhance coding task performance.
Create-tsrouter-app now supports Solid.js and features that ease integration and add-ons for better development.
The ongoing exploration of tech innovations, particularly in AI and coding tools, showcases rapid advancements in the field.

Summary

AI Tools Discussion

In this episode, the hosts delve into their preferences for various AI tools currently dominating the coding landscape. They highlight the recently released 'State of AI 2025' survey, stressing its significance in gathering developer insights on AI platforms like Claude, Tab 9, and Mistral. Paige mentions the survey aims to get feedback specifically on coding-related AI tools, while Jack and TJ share their experiences with different coding assistants, including GitHub Co-Pilot, which they heavily utilize. The conversation also brings up challenges faced by users of AI, like context issues and 'hallucinations' in responses.

Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code

The episode introduces listeners to Claude Sonnet 3.7, an advanced AI model by Anthropic that has gained traction among developers for its coding capabilities. Claude 3.7 features distinct modes for standard and extended reasoning, enabling improved performance in tasks such as coding and math problem-solving. Jack shares an experience using Claude Code, a new terminal-based tool that assists with navigating codebases and making updates directly via command line, impressing the hosts with its efficiency and capabilities.

Create-tsrouter-app Updates

Jack discusses the latest features of create-tsrouter-app, a drop-in replacement for the deprecated Create React App, now with support for Solid.js. The tool has introduced add-ons to enhance applications easily, including Sentry and Tailwind CSS, and features to facilitate AI coding assistant interactions through Model Context Protocols (MCP). The hosts acknowledge the tool's potential to streamline development processes by simplifying integration with popular frameworks.

Bonus News and Tech Innovations

The podcast wraps up with a round of bonus news touching upon the excitement around new technologies such as Bolt and Expo integration for mobile app development, and the launch of React Scan 0.2. React Scan offers tools for debugging components and performance optimizations, while Adrian’s Digital Basement introduces a unique approach to restoring vintage electronics, showcasing the creativity and innovation present in the tech community. The hosts share their happiness regarding various gadgets and experiences, highlighting the enthusiasm for both coding and tech advancements.

Show notes

Special announcement: Please take our listener survey so we can better tailor the podcast to your interests.

The web development world can’t seem to get enough of surveys, so we’ve got the first State of AI 2025 to announce in this week’s episode. The folks behind this survey are the same ones who run State of JS, State of CSS, State of HTML, and more. Take 15 minutes to let them know what AI models you prefer, which code assistants you use, and what annoys you about the state of AI today.

Along the same lines, Anthropic just released Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code. Claude Sonnet’s become a favorite model in the programming world and 3.7 introduces the first hybrid model that can produce near instant response or extended, thoughtful responses, depending on what the user wants. Claude Code is Anthropic’s first agentic coding tool in the form of a CLI that can search and read code, edit files, run tests, and commit code to GitHub.

Jack’s drop in replacement for the deprecated Create React App, create-tsrouter-app, now offers Solid JS support, add-ons like including Sentry or Tailwind CSS in a new project, and model context protocol (MCP) support for AI coding assistants to interact with the application.

News:

Paige - State of AI survey 2025
Jack - create-tsrouter-app updates (Solid, add-ons, MCP support)
TJ - Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude CodeBonus News:

Bonus News:

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

Paige - Breville InFizz Aqua
Jack - Adrian’s Digital Basement YT channel
TJ - ClaudePlaysPokemon

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