Our AI Tool Preferences, Claude Code, & create-tsrouter-app Goes Solid

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Mar 3, 2025

Discover the latest insights on AI tools like Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code, which are changing coding practices with their impressive capabilities. Learn about the innovative create-tsrouter-app, now supporting Solid JS and offering useful add-ons. The hosts also dive into the fun world of AI exploring gaming, including a comedic tale of Claude attempting to play Pokémon. Additionally, enjoy discussions on modern kitchen gadgets and vintage electronics restoration, highlighting creativity and the joy of repair.

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State of AI Survey 2025

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Hosts' AI Tool Usage

The hosts discuss their current AI tool preferences and experiences.
They use VS Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf.

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The web development world can’t seem to get enough of surveys, so we’ve got the first State of AI 2025 to announce in this week’s episode. The folks behind this survey are the same ones who run State of JS, State of CSS, State of HTML, and more. Take 15 minutes to let them know what AI models you prefer, which code assistants you use, and what annoys you about the state of AI today.

Along the same lines, Anthropic just released Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code. Claude Sonnet’s become a favorite model in the programming world and 3.7 introduces the first hybrid model that can produce near instant response or extended, thoughtful responses, depending on what the user wants. Claude Code is Anthropic’s first agentic coding tool in the form of a CLI that can search and read code, edit files, run tests, and commit code to GitHub.

Jack’s drop in replacement for the deprecated Create React App, create-tsrouter-app, now offers Solid JS support, add-ons like including Sentry or Tailwind CSS in a new project, and model context protocol (MCP) support for AI coding assistants to interact with the application.

News:

Paige - State of AI survey 2025
Jack - create-tsrouter-app updates (Solid, add-ons, MCP support)
TJ - Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude CodeBonus News:

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What Makes Us Happy this Week:

Paige - Breville InFizz Aqua
Jack - Adrian’s Digital Basement YT channel
TJ - ClaudePlaysPokemon

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