Tooling 7 min read
AI-Assisted Git: Writing Better Commits and PR Descriptions
How to use AI to write commit messages, pull request descriptions, and changelogs that actually communicate intent — and where the workflow breaks down.
Josh
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Tooling
The frameworks, SDKs and dev tools that ship AI faster.
Tooling 7 min read
Using AI to Review Your Own Code Before It Ships
How to use AI coding assistants as a first-pass code reviewer — prompting for real feedback on code you wrote, interpreting what it finds, and fitting it into your workflow.
0degrees Team
Tooling 7 min read
Briefing AI on Your Codebase: The Architecture Context That Actually Matters
How to give an AI coding assistant exactly the architectural context it needs to write code that fits your project — without overwhelming it with noise.
0degrees Team
Tooling 7 min read
Upgrading Dependencies with AI: A Systematic Migration Workflow
How to use AI coding assistants to navigate major library upgrades — feeding changelogs, mapping the breaking change surface, and validating the result.
Josh
Tooling 7 min read
Using AI to Explore Unfamiliar Codebases
How to use AI coding assistants as a guide when navigating code you didn't write — from getting an architectural overview to tracing execution paths.
Josh
Tooling 6 min read
Refactoring with AI: A Step-by-Step Strategy for Modernizing Legacy Code
How to use AI coding assistants for safe, incremental refactoring — scoping the work, writing safety tests, reviewing generated diffs, and avoiding common pitfalls.
Josh
Tooling 7 min read
Managing Context in Long AI Coding Sessions
How to keep AI coding assistants accurate across a long feature branch — when to trim, reset, and summarize context so the model stays focused.
Josh
Tooling 6 min read
Debugging with LLMs: Give the Model What It Can't Guess
How to structure debugging sessions with an AI assistant — what runtime context to share, how to frame the problem, and how to verify a diagnosis before patching.
Josh