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AI-Assisted Development

Working notes on building software with Claude, Claude Code, and Copilot. Prompts, workflows, and where the tools help or get in the way.

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A glowing terminal window of Java code on a dark canvas, the steam of a coffee cup rising into an indigo, violet and amber aurora, ringed by six frosted-glass tiles naming Claude Code, JetBrains Junie, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q and Tabnine.

The AI coding assistant we actually trust on Java backend work

Best AI coding assistant for Java developers? We tested Claude Code, Junie, Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q and Tabnine on real Spring Boot work, job by job.

15 July 2026 · 16 min