# Hamzify

> The Practical AI Coding Publication. Hands-on reviews of AI coding tools, real AI agent build logs, vibe coding experiments, and development workflows.

Hamzify is an independent publication about practical AI-assisted software development. Articles distinguish firsthand tests from research: stated tool versions, stated tasks, and failures included.

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## Topics

- AI coding tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code)
- Vibe coding and prompt-to-product experiments
- Build logs from shipping software with coding agents
- AI pair programming and code-review workflows
- Context engineering for coding agents

## Articles

- [The AI Coding Toolbox: What Each Category Is Actually For](https://hamzify.site/resources/ai-coding-toolbox/): A guide to the AI development tool landscape organised by the job each category does — editors, agents, CLI tools, review bots and model routers — and how to tell when you need one.
- [A Context Checklist for Briefing Coding Agents](https://hamzify.site/resources/context-engineering-checklist/): A reference checklist for what an AI coding agent needs to know before it starts: the seven inputs that change output quality, and the ones that only add noise.
- [The AI Pair Programming Loop I Actually Use](https://hamzify.site/workflows/ai-pair-programming-workflow/): A repeatable five-step loop for working with an AI coding assistant on a real codebase: brief, constrain, generate, verify, integrate — and what belongs in each step.
- [I Gave AI Agents a Real SaaS Build. Here Is Where It Broke.](https://hamzify.site/build-logs/building-a-saas-with-ai-agents/): A full build log of shipping a small SaaS with coding agents doing most of the typing: what the agents handled well, the three places they stalled, and what a human still had to own.
- [Claude Code Review: A Terminal Agent on Unfamiliar Code](https://hamzify.site/reviews/claude-code-review/): Hands-on notes from using a terminal coding agent for a week on a codebase I did not write: where autonomous multi-file work paid off, and where supervision was cheaper than delegation.
- [Cursor Review: Two Weeks Inside a Real Codebase](https://hamzify.site/reviews/cursor-review/): A hands-on review of Cursor as a daily driver on an existing production codebase — where agent mode earns its keep, where it costs you time, and who should stay in their current editor.
- [How to Review AI-Generated Code Without Reading Every Line](https://hamzify.site/workflows/reviewing-ai-generated-code/): A review workflow tuned to the specific mistakes coding models make: a triage order, the six failure patterns worth hunting for, and where to spend your attention.
- [Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: Same Four Tasks, Both Tools](https://hamzify.site/compare/cursor-vs-github-copilot/): A use-case comparison of Cursor and GitHub Copilot run through identical tasks — refactoring, a new feature, an unfamiliar codebase and test writing — with a recommendation for each.
- [Can an AI Agent Build a Chrome Extension From One Prompt?](https://hamzify.site/vibe-coding/can-ai-build-a-chrome-extension/): An experiment in single-prompt development: one paragraph of requirements, an agent, and a Chrome extension that has to actually load in a browser and work.
- [Rebuilding My Portfolio With AI: A Weekend Build Log](https://hamzify.site/build-logs/building-a-portfolio-with-ai/): A build log of rebuilding a developer portfolio in a weekend with AI writing most of the code — the design decisions that had to stay human, and the performance work that got missed.
- [Prompt to Deployed Product in One Evening: What Held Up](https://hamzify.site/vibe-coding/prompt-to-product-in-one-evening/): An experiment in shipping a small real product in a single evening with AI doing most of the implementation — and an honest account of which shortcuts were fine and which were debt.

## Sections

- [Latest](https://hamzify.site/latest/): full archive, newest first
- [AI coding tools](https://hamzify.site/ai-coding-tools/): reviews and comparisons
- [Cursor coverage](https://hamzify.site/ai-coding-tools/cursor/): 10 published Hamzify articles
- [Claude Code coverage](https://hamzify.site/ai-coding-tools/claude-code/): 5 published Hamzify articles
- [GitHub Copilot coverage](https://hamzify.site/ai-coding-tools/github-copilot/): 2 published Hamzify articles
- [Vibe coding](https://hamzify.site/vibe-coding/): AI-assisted building experiments
- [Build logs](https://hamzify.site/build-logs/): records of real projects
- [Workflows](https://hamzify.site/workflows/): repeatable AI development sequences
- [Reviews](https://hamzify.site/reviews/): hands-on tool tests
- [Comparisons](https://hamzify.site/compare/): same-task tool comparisons
- [Resources](https://hamzify.site/resources/): checklists and guides
- [About](https://hamzify.site/about/)