Generative AI for Developers: How To Use AI In Your Workday

If you’re a developer curious about AI but overwhelmed by the hype, this course is for you.This course follows a realistic developer workday, from 8 AM to 5 PM. Each hour introduces common tasks you face already, and shows how AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot can help you move faster, think clearer, and get better results with less context switching. Where it makes sense, we use multiple tools head-to-head so you can see how they work. First, I walk you through some foundational concepts to help you avoid pitfalls, then we start our day as a software developer. Here's how it unfolds:8 AM: Morning Inbox TriageStart your day with a mess. Your boss sent a vague, stream-of-consciousness email. Use AI to extract tasks, identify what's unclear, and write a clean reply without switching out of developer mode.9 AM: Write What You Mean, Not What You SayTake rough dev notes or Jira tickets and turn them into polished updates. AI helps you translate shorthand into clear, professional communication for stakeholders or product teams.10 AM: Fix Ancient CodeYou've inherited a legacy codebase. Let AI explain what the code is doing, find bugs, suggest improvements, and even rewrite it. You’ll compare output from different tools to see where they shine or fail.11 AM: Regex and Other CrimesStop suffering through regular expressions. Use AI to write, explain, and debug regex patterns with real-world test data and examples. Learn how to tighten your prompts and validate the results.12 PM: Lunch and Data MigrationsMigrate content between databases. AI maps schemas, writes SQL, flags risky fields, and reminds you to hash those passwords. You’ll get real help instead of random Stack Overflow links.1 PM: The Database Doctor Is InImprove your schema. AI helps sp