Using AI for Coding: My Journey with Cline and Large Language Models
In recent months, I embarked on a journey to transform the UI/UX of a side project—bot.eofferte.eu, a SaaS platform that automates Amazon affiliate marketing on Telegram and streamlines the Amazon Associates onboarding process.
The project’s architecture is straightforward: a Go backend powered by the labstack/echo framework, with UI rendering handled by Go’s standard html/template package. To accelerate development and improve the overall user experience, I experimented with Cline through its VSCode plugin as my primary AI coding assistant. Here’s a detailed breakdown of my experience.
As someone who primarily focuses on backend development, UI/UX has always been a challenge. My limited knowledge of modern web frameworks and general aversion to CSS made frontend work particularly daunting. However, leveraging AI tools transformed this weakness into an opportunity for rapid improvement.
Beyond visual improvements, the LLMs proved invaluable for generating and refining essential content like privacy policies, terms of service, and other compliance documentation.
