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Sam from AIDotDev

AI isn’t just helping developers. It’s becoming one.

In this week’s AIDotDev, we’re diving into:

• 3 new AI develop news for coding and creating

• 1 learning resources to sharpen your coding

• 4 new AI tools

• 1 cool AI cool project to inspire you

Highlights:

• Figma’s AI-Powered Suite: Figma Sites, Make, Buzz, and Draw bring AI-driven website creation, prototyping, and marketing asset production to the table, challenging Wix, Adobe, and more. A game-changer for devs and designers collaborating on creative projects.

• Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: With video-to-code capabilities, 92.5% UI design scores, and seamless integration with Cursor and Replit, this update redefines coding productivity. Perfect for front-end and backend devs alike.

• Windsurf Wave 8 Updates: Enhanced UX, JetBrains plugin features like Memories and Rules, and smarter team workflows make Cascade a must-try for AI-assisted engineering.

• 4 New Tools & More: From Deer flow’s LangChain research assistant to FlowGram’s node-based workflows, plus two curated learning resources and one inspiring AI project to fuel your next build.

Let’s build smarter. 🛠️

📰 AI DEV BITES

DEV BITES CONTENT

• Figma Rolls Out AI-Powered Suite for Websites, Prototypes, and Marketing Creatives

• Apple and Anthropic Join Forces to Revolutionize AI-Driven Coding

• Windsurf Unveils Wave 8 Updates: Enhanced UX and JetBrains Plugin Features

• Other Updates

Figma Rolls Out AI-Powered Suite for Websites, Prototypes, and Marketing Creatives

Figma has unveiled a suite of AI-driven tools to streamline website creation, app prototyping, and bulk marketing asset production, positioning itself against creative giants like Adobe, Canva, and AI-powered platforms like Wix and Replit. The launch introduces innovative features for designers, marketers, and developers to collaborate seamlessly.

The Details:

• Website Creation: Figma Sites builds responsive websites from prompts, with a CMS for blogs and assets. Edit layouts, add animations

• Prototyping: Figma Make creates interactive app prototypes, supporting team edits and custom code.

• Marketing Assets: Figma Buzz enables bulk asset creation with AI image tools and templates.

• Vector Editing: Figma Draw offers brushes, text-on-path, and multi-vector editing.

Developer Impact:
Figma Sites rivals platforms like Wix and Squarespace, offering free, versatile website creation for teams. Its CMS and AI features simplify design, but complex sites may need extra tweaks. Figma Sites is a powerful, accessible tool for innovative creators.

Apple and Anthropic Join Forces to Revolutionize AI-Driven Coding

Google has launched Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview, introducing a powerful update to its AI model with enhanced coding and web development capabilities. With improved UI design, video-to-code features, and optimized performance, Gemini 2.5 Pro is set to redefine productivity for developers worldwide.

The Details:

• Model Update: Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) leads the WebDev Arena leaderboard, scoring 92.5 in user preference for aesthetic and functional web apps, excelling in coding and UI tasks.

• Video to Code: Achieves 84.8% on VideoMME, enabling apps like the Video to Learning App from YouTube videos (arXiv:2505.11234).

• Web Development: Powers front-end features with precise CSS generation, scoring 88.2% on junior-dev evals for refactoring complex backends.

• Agentic Workflows: Supports collaborative coding with Cursor and Replit, available via Gemini API.

• Scalable Performance: Handles 128K context windows for large projects.

Developer Impact:
Gemini 2.5 Pro rivals models like Anthropic Claude 4, offering free, versatile AI for coding and web design. Its video-to-code feature unlocks new workflows, but heavy tasks need robust hardware. Test thoroughly, as performance varies. Gemini 2.5 Pro is a powerful, flexible tool for innovative devs.

Windsurf Unveils Wave 8 Updates: Enhanced UX and JetBrains Plugin Features

Windsurf has launched Wave 8 Updates, introducing powerful UX features and plugin enhancements for Cascade within the JetBrains Plugin. With improved memory, rules, and server integration, Wave 8 aims to redefine AI collaboration for engineering teams worldwide.

The Details:

• Plugin Enhancements: Cascade JetBrains Plugin adds Memories (stores key info), Rules (.windsurfrules for guidance), and MCP Support (connects to local servers).

• UX Features: Includes a Continue button (confirms AI progress), redesigned model selector (organized by provider/cost), and workspace-to-conversation mapping (filters by workspace).

• Miscellaneous UX: Improves code block theming, hunk navigation, editable terminal commands, and proposes new file content in Chat mode.

Developer Impact:
Wave 8 rivals standalone AI tools, offering free, versatile features for team workflows. The JetBrains Plugin enhances collaboration, but some Windsurf Editor betas are delayed for UX refinement. Test thoroughly, as credit costs apply per feedback. Wave 8 is a powerful, flexible update for innovative teams.

Other Updates:

Replit Auth: add secure login to your app

📚 CURATED LEARNING RESOURCES

Claude Code: Anthropic's Agent in Your Terminal

This Latent.Space podcast episode featuring Cat Wu and Boris Cherny from Anthropic's Claude Code team offers remarkably concrete insights for developers exploring AI-assisted coding. Unlike theoretical discussions, the conversation reveals specific implementation details such as how Claude Code uses agentic search rather than RAG because it "outperformed everything by a lot," and how they handle memory with a simple markdown file approach instead of complex vector databases. The team shares practical usage patterns, including how Claude Code is used for automated code reviews where "Claude could run through the GitHub action...identify any mistakes...make the code changes, and then use the GitHub MCP server to commit changes back to the PR."

Particularly valuable are the candid discussions about failure modes, cost considerations ($6/day per active user), and productivity impacts, with Boris stating "for me, it's probably 2x my productivity" while some engineers at Anthropic see "10x their productivity." The transcript even reveals how non-technical team members are successfully using Claude Code to commit code changes: "Megan, the designer on our team, she is not a coder, but she's landing pull requests." These specific, quantifiable examples transform the podcast from generic promotion into an actionable learning resource that helps developers understand exactly how and when to integrate AI coding assistants into their workflows.

⚙️ NEW TOOLS

• Deer flow - An intelligent research assistant based on the LangChain and LangGraph frameworks.

• Contextgem - a free, open-source LLM framework that makes it radically easier to extract structured data and insights from documents — with minimal code.

• FlowGram - a node-based flow building engine that helps developers quickly create workflows in either fixed layout or free connection layout modes

• Computer agent 

🧸 AI-Powered Building: HOW PEOPLE DO IT

That’s a wrap for this week 👋

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keep building the future!

Sam @ AIDotDev 🚀