My first AI experince
Author: Ricky Khatri My Journey Into AI as a Software Engineer When ChatGPT became popular, I had the same reaction many software engineers did. I was curious, a little skeptical, and honestly wondering whether it was just another tech trend that would disappear after the hype. I was wrong. Over the past few months, I've spent time building applications with AI instead of just reading about it. I experimented with language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, vector databases, and API integrations. Some ideas worked surprisingly well. Others failed completely. That experience changed how I think about software engineering. AI Doesn't Replace Software Engineers One of the biggest misconceptions is that AI replaces developers. In reality, AI writes code, but software engineering is much more than writing code. Someone still has to: Design scalable architectures Understand business requirements Handle edge cases Secure applications Optimiz...