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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 5h

When coding with AI, I follow a fairly simple principle:

If prompting effort > coding effort, code it. 😅

Would it be useful if I made a video with examples, etc?

Effort to code vs Effort to Prompt: my 2x2 matrix

1. Low prompt, Low code
- Small UI/animation tweaks
- Pull to refresh
- Codegen
- Simple refactors
2. High prompt, Low code
- Line-level instructions
- Dense business logic
- One-line bug fixes
- Layout errors (overflows, unbounded heights, etc)
3. Low prompt, High code
- Boilerplate (crash reporting, analytics setup)
- Writing tests
- Localization
- Theming system
- Big refactors (AI usually does this in multiple steps + run analyzer ... can be slow)
4. High prompt, High code
- Offline caching + syncing
- Full-stack features
- Background tasks + iOS/Android specific
- Complex charting solutions
- IAP + entitlements

For 1 and 2, use Autocomplete and IDE assists.
For 3 and 4, use AI agents for planning, implement in stages, consider verification effort.

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 23h

Really sorry for only answering now. Life's been busy these last few months, and I haven't had much free bandwidth.

When are you running your livestreams? If I can fit it in my schedule, I'll let you know.

Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 13d

My Flutter October newsletter is out, covering:

🧩 Flutter & Figma MCP
🧱 Wasm 3.0 release
🎥 FlutterCon EU 2025 Videos
🎧 Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away

Read on for all the details:
codewithandrea.com/newsletter/o...

October 2025: Flutter & Figma MCP, Platform & UI threads merge, Andrej Karpathy on AGI

Also included: Fluttercon EU videos, Wasm 3.0, my 3-folder system for effective AI coding in Flutter.

codewithandrea.com

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 13d

Back in the day, many companies used to under-promise and over-deliver, leading to customer satisfaction and long-term business prospects.

Sad to see late-stage capitalism changed this. Now it seems to be the norm (esp. for AI companies) to trick customers and do the opposite.

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 13d

Super interesting new podcast with Andrej Karpathy!👇
www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-kar...

Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away

"The problems are tractable, but they're still difficult”

www.dwarkesh.com

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 15d

Here's a fun game! 🎲

Fully implement a feature, getting as close as possible to 0% context before auto-compacting.

The PR description includes the complete status, implementation details, testing checklist, and next steps. Ready for review!

⏵⏵ accept edits on (shift+tab to cycle) Context left until auto-compact: 0%

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 17d

Just published a new video about my 3 top folders for agentic AI coding in Flutter! 🚀

Inside, I cover:

⏳ Updated workflow for more consistent AI results
✅ Guidelines to ensure AI stays on track
🧭 Battle-tested patterns, commands and prompts

Watch it here 👇
youtu.be/D68mZzbs6JY

Beyond Prompts: My 3-Folder System for Effective AI Coding in Flutter

YouTube video by Andrea Bizzotto

youtu.be

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 21d

I'm working on a new video about essential folders I use for agentic AI coding.

I'll cover my workflow for:

1️⃣ staying organized
2️⃣ getting consistently good results
3️⃣ reducing friction when coding with AI

Should be out next week! 🗓️

Top 3 Folders for Agentic AI coding in Flutter

ai_???

ai_specs

ai_docs

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 24d

Still there. But I get consistently better results with the right guardrails in place.

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · 24d

This is kinda how I build with AI these days.

Same for you?

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Oct 3

The app still needs some tweaks, but you can try the updated web version here:
currency-converter-ab.web.app

currency_converter

A new Flutter project.

currency-converter-ab.web.app

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Oct 3

Today I built the currency conversion charts for my new app.

Or rather, I wrote the spec, and CC Sonnet 4.5 did all the planning and implementation. 🚀

Got it all done in ~4 hours, even though I wasn't at all familiar with the fl_charts library. Very impressed!

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 26

My Flutter September newsletter is out!

- Riverpod 3.0
- The ultimate guide to migrating to Flutter
- Liquid Glass UI
- AI rules for Flutter and Dart
- Latest from the Flutter community
- Best AI Coding Agents

Read on for all the details 👇

codewithandrea.com/newsletter/s...

September 2025: Riverpod 3.0, Migrating to Flutter, Flutter AI Rules, Best AI Agents

Also included: Liquid Glass and the cupertino_native package, Flutter vs web wrappers, AI service issues at Anthropic and OpenAI.

codewithandrea.com

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 23

Did you know?

You can use absolute imports for reusable Dart files that are copy-pasted across projects.

This way, they are always imported correctly (as long as they live in the same location relative to the project root).

If you copy-paste Dart files to a new project, your imports will fail:
import 'package:old_app/src/constants/layout_breakpoints.dart';

You can Find & Replace package:old_app with package:new_app to fix them (annoying and not very scalable)

Alternatives

Relative imports:

import '../../constants/layout_breakpoints.dart';

Absolute imports:

import '/src/constants/layout_breakpoints.dart';

Absolute imports are handy for files that always live in the same location across multiple projects (e.g. /src/constants)

Consider this as a temporary solution. Reusable files should be moved into a common package (works best with monorepo setups).

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 18

Very interesting post-mortem from Anthropic about the recent reliability issues:

www.anthropic.com/engineering/...

A postmortem of three recent issues

This is a technical report on three bugs that intermittently degraded responses from Claude. Below we explain what happened, why it took time to fix, and what we're changing.

www.anthropic.com

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 17

I'm testing Codex with GPT-5 for my new app.

Haven't tested any complex use cases yet, but so far it seems on par with Claude Code (and quite a bit cheaper to run).

Want a video about it? Like/let me know in the comments.

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 16

I started a new side project. 🚀

Goal: build a simple currency converter app that doesn't suck, using Claude Code & other AI tools.

Here's a very early build (which sucks but it'll get better):
currency-converter-ab.web.app

currency_converter

A new Flutter project.

currency-converter-ab.web.app

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 16

I started a new side project. 🚀

Goal: build a simple currency converter app that doesn't suck, using Claude Code & other AI tools.

Here's a very early build (which sucks but it'll get better):
currency-converter-ab.web.app

currency_converter

A new Flutter project.

currency-converter-ab.web.app

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 11

Riverpod 3.0 is out!

Here's what's new:
riverpod.dev/docs/whats_new

What's new in Riverpod 3.0 | Riverpod

Welcome to Riverpod 3.0!

riverpod.dev

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 3

I'm gonna start experimenting with the new Flutter MCP server.

Have you used it? Found it useful? Any gotchas?

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 3

Did you know?

Some Matrix4 APIs such as `translate` and `scale` have been deprecated in the latest Flutter 3.35 release.

To update them:
- Import vector_math explicitly
- Use the new APIs which take a Vector3 argument

$// Before Flutter 3.35 Matrix4 deprecated(double x, double y, double scale) { return Matrix4.identity() ..translate(x, y) ..scale(scale, scale, 1.0); } // Since Flutter 3.35 // ignore: depend_on_referenced_packages import 'package:vector_math/vector_math_64.dart'; Matrix4 updated(double x, double y, double scale) { return Matrix4.identity() ..translateByVector3(Vector3(x, y, 0)) ..scaleByVector3(Vector3(scale, scale, 1.0)); }$

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 2

Haven't worked specifically with Windows. I think opening an issue on the package as you have done is the way to go. 👍

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Sep 2

Just fixed a thorny issue where my site generator would fail to generate some output folders after a system upgrade.

I was unfamiliar with the underlying package causing this -> no chance of fixing on my own.

But Claude Code one-shotted the correct diagnosis and fix.💪

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Aug 28

Glad it was useful!

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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Aug 27

I'm back online!

The move went well and I'm super happy in my new place.

Still a few things to sort out but I'm ready to get back to work!

Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦 @codewithandrea.com · Jul 18

After 17 years in the UK, I’m moving back to Italy! 🇮🇹

London has been very good to me, but it’s time to start a new chapter in life!

Super excited! ☀️

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