AI Coding in a Mastodon Client: Prompting for Complex UI, Fast Iteration, and Reliable Behavior

This article shares how AI Coding accelerated development of a Mastodon web client, with a focus on prompt-driven engineering, complex interaction design, and high‑leverage refactors. It highlights prompt patterns, integration strategies, and two key features: React Query and the rich text editor. Preview: https://v0-mastodon-client.vercel.app Github: https://github.com/fh332393900/mastodon-client Model note: Most of the AI work used GPT‑5.2‑Codex. 1) Why AI Coding Here? The pro...