The Developer's Guide to Actually Finding AI That Writes Good Code (Without Breaking the Bank)

Look, I'm going to be real with you. When I graduated from my coding bootcamp six months ago, I thought I'd have AI writing all my code for me within a week. I'd seen the YouTube videos—"AI will replace developers!" "Just prompt your way to a full app!" And honestly? I was excited. I figured I'd never have to write another for loop from scratch. Then I actually started trying to use AI for coding, and... wow. I had no idea how wrong I was. The first time I asked an AI to write a Python functio...