u/Interesting-Peak2755

Hi, I am a first-year undergraduate and trying new stuff, and OSC made me think that this is what I can try, but I started from documentation, then CSS, and then some small JS 2 or 3 commits, and now I don't know what to do, which stack?

Do I need to continue frontend or now try to learn Python and do backend and other stacks, and suggest some good organizations, and can u guys tell how to find a good org, and can I use coding
tools to get help like Runable, ChatGPT, etc

I really need ur help to get to a good phase, and tell me the good competition to participate in

I started using AI tools regularly after entering college and getting more serious about coding.

At first I honestly thought there would be one “best” tool that could do everything, but after trying a bunch of them I realized they all kinda shine in different areas.

Over the last few months I’ve used:

• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Gemini
• Cursor
• GitHub Copilot
• Runable
• Blackbox
• Bolt/new
• and some smaller coding assistants too

And honestly all of them helped me in some way.

Sometimes it was:

• debugging dumb beginner mistakes
• understanding concepts faster
• generating boring boilerplate
• fixing environment/setup issues
• learning frameworks
• building small prototypes quickly
• or just giving enough momentum to actually finish and ship something

The biggest thing for me wasn’t “AI writes perfect code” because it definitely doesn’t lol.

It was more that I stopped spending 5 straight hours stuck on one tiny issue, getting frustrated and losing motivation completely.

Right now my personal opinion is probably:

• ChatGPT → best overall for learning/explanations
• Claude → really good at reasoning and structuring projects
• Cursor/Copilot → best directly inside the workflow
• Runable/Bolt type tools → super fun for fast MVPs and testing random ideas quickly

But honestly I think the “best” tool depends on:

• what you’re trying to build
• how experienced you are
• whether your goal is learning deeply or just prototyping fast

Curious what other people think though.

If you had to recommend ONE AI tool to a college student starting coding today, what would it be?

i guess when i started vibecoding journey i use to think that everyone in this field will be master of promprting and good at getting desired result too early and i will be at there level from start

then i thinking of that i started with claude code,antigravity,cursor,runable like tools then i got it that this is not for everyone and not possible to get the desired result in minutes u need to think first what all to provide to ai then it may give u results

what do u think and how was ur start let me know..

Every travel app solves a slice—flights, trains, cabs—but no one owns the entire journey. As a user, I still manually stitch: home → airport → flight → hotel → local travel.

Feels like a clear product gap, but maybe I’m missing something. Is it ops complexity, liability, or just bad unit economics?

I was actually mapping this flow using tools like Runable to see how fragmented the journey really is, and it made me realize how many decision points the user handles manually.

Curious from people in travel/product—has this been tried seriously and failed, or is this still an open opportunity?

when i was thinking for an idea and traveling both at same time then a idea clicked in my mind that why dont apps provide door-to-door service.

This means just we need to select our home and trip location then ai or planner makes and give 3-4 plans based on intrest and budget too this includes from our taxi's from home to airpot and all the transport and accomadation also the places will be decided by the planner and we can modify it before somedays and then finalize.

This help people save their time which would be wasted if they sit and think on bookings,places,accomadation and planning .

this is my idea what to u guys think let me know and i am open to hear your thoughts and any upgrade then also tell me in comments

This is a topic I used to think about when I was just about to start my web development journey and college, because my seniors used to say that they all did some kind of vibe coding since they didn’t know how to code at that point.

For this topic, I need you guys to comment on what you think because it is a very sensitive topic for our community. Now, I will tell my story.

As I was in 1st year, I was a mediocre student, so I was introduced to AI in my college. The instructor said to use it when you are stuck—just take help from those agents, not use them to do all the work. But my friends showed me that I can do anything to complete my work, so I started to explore. I found AI agents like Claude Code, Cursor, Runable, and Emergent. These are the agents I found when I was learning web development, and they helped me in both good and bad ways.

GOOD WAY:
I learned the basics, but most of the code came from them. They used to explain things clearly and helped me build everything. I was exposed to new code, like more CSS properties, and I upgraded to Tailwind CSS. Then I learned more from AI and built many projects.

BAD WAY:
They taught me how to read, but I had no practice of how to write code, which many of us can agree with. This hit me during exams—I started losing my confidence. I knew the properties, but I didn’t know how to apply them or where to use them. That’s when I realized I didn’t actually code—I just read code written by AI.

Learnings:
I will trust AI when I need help with small concepts—not too much, just to get a push—and also for learning new properties. Most importantly, I will not rely on it from now on for all my work, including building projects.

What do you think, guys? Comment.