One of the big promises of the "AI Revolution" is to make our lives easier as engineers. But what does that actually look like in practice? On the other hand, we have techniques mainly in the realm of eXtreme Programming that emphasize collaborative work and tackle complexity. XP practices are well established and actually proven to increase both productivity and stability in software development.
So what happens when we bring these two worlds together? Can we even talk code into existence? Does AI alone make you faster or slow you down? Can you actually pair program with AI—and is it a good pair? How good is it at reviewing your code? What about documentation? What is the impact on a team when AI enters the development process? Can XP bring the fun back into AI coding? What does all this mean for the future of our industry?
There are so many questions, so let's sit down and work through some of them together! Through the lens of Android and Kotlin development, let's explore whether AI assistants like Claude and Cursor can boost development workflows and how XP practices can contribute to that.