From Idea to Deployed Tool in 3 Hours — How AI Coding Agents Changed My Workflow

I used to think AI coding assistants were autocomplete on steroids. Fancy IntelliSense. Then I tried using one as an actual junior developer — someone who writes the first draft while I review and refine. Two months later, my workflow is unrecognizable. I just shipped a complete B2B configuration tool — interactive maps, zone polygons, dynamic forms, the works — in under three hours. Here's what changed. The Old Way Before AI agents, my process for a new tool looked like this: Research — How doe