AI-assisted development has changed who can build web applications. But moving from a prompt to a production-ready application comes with a new challenge: how do you know what AI has created is ready to ship?

In this session, I share lessons learnt from building and shipping PBIX A11y, a browser-based accessibility checker for Power BI reports, using AI-assisted development tools and Microsoft Copilot as a technical thinking partner.

Through this journey, I discovered that successful AI-assisted development is not just about generating code quickly. It is about understanding what has been created, asking the right questions, validating decisions and applying human judgement.

You will learn how Copilot can help you explore unfamiliar technical concepts, review AI-generated output, identify potential issues and build confidence when developing web applications with AI assistance.

This session explores the mindset change needed when humans and AI build together: moving from “AI created it” to “I understand it, I validated it, and I can confidently ship it”.