Just wrapped an enlightening development sprint with Claude AI. In 30 minutes, we:
- Scaffolded a minimal Chrome extension
- Built a clean timezone dashboard
- Pivoted from popup to new tab design
- Added dark mode + interactive timezone focusing
- Generated icons, documentation, and repo setup
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: The only time the AI steered us in a complex direction was suggesting extra security headers - which we quickly identified and dropped for a cleaner solution. Otherwise, it was like pairing with a pragmatic senior dev focused on shipping clean, minimal code.
See the result: github.com/thingylabs/chrome-new-tab-timezones
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸: Vanilla JS, no runtime dependencies, system-wide dark mode, responsive design
For tech leaders: This showcases how AI pairing can accelerate development while maintaining code quality - and how human oversight keeps solutions pragmatic.
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