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Andrea Bizzotto 🇺🇦
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Flutter GDE ❖ I share tips about Dart & Flutter app development.

Wanna learn Flutter? 👉 https://codewithandrea.com/
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For the past 3 months, I've been building a structured AI workflow for Flutter development.

Goal: Make AI write code you can trust.

No more vibe coding and hoping for the best. Launching next week — learn more here 👇

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Agentic Coding Toolkit - Spec-driven AI development workflows for Flutter | Agentic Coding Toolkit
Spec-driven AI development workflows for Flutter
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March 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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If you haven’t tried OpenCode yet, do yourself a favor and take it for a ride!

My favorite combo:
- OpenCode + gpt-5.3 on ChatGPT Plus plan ($20/month)
February 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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My February newsletter is out, covering:

- Flutter 3.41
- GPT 5.3 Codex
- 16 Claudes building a C compiler
- The OpenClaw Security Crisis

and much more.

Read it here:
codewithandrea.com/newsletter/f...
February 2026: Flutter 3.41, 16 Claudes Build a C Compiler, the OpenClaw Security Crisis, and GPT-5.3 Codex
Also included: why the SDLC is dead, the importance of documentation artifacts for AI coding, and why code is cheap but software isn't.
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February 26, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Every year I publish a retro about my journey as an educator/content creator.

In 2025, things didn't go too well. But hey ho, learning to adapt is part of the job as an entrepreneur. 🤷‍♂️

Here are all the details 👇
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My 2025 in Review: Freefall and a New Direction
A retrospective of my eighth consecutive year as a content creator, making educational content for Flutter developers.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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My last Flutter & AI newsletter of the year is out!

📱 Flutter GenUI SDK
⚡️ Build Runner Speedups
🗓️ 2025 LLM Year in Review
📖 MCP Becomes an Open Standard
🔒 Running AI Agents safely inside a DevContainer

You can read it here:

codewithandrea.com/newsletter/d...
December 2025: Flutter GenUI SDK, Build Runner Speedups, 2025 LLM Year in Review
Also included: Material/Cupertino decoupling progress, GPT 5.2 release, running AI agents safely in DevContainers, and MCP becoming an Open Standard.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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After a few headaches, I'm now able to run both Claude Code and Flutter within a sandboxed dev container.

This is great for both safety 🛡️ and speed 🚀

Here's a detailed guide with my complete setup (source code included) 👇

codewithandrea.com/articles/run...
How to Safely Run AI Agents Like Cursor and Claude Code Inside a DevContainer
Learn how to bypass AI permission prompts safely by running Claude Code in an isolated Docker container.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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My Flutter & AI newsletter is out! 📮

🐦 Flutter 3.38 & Dart 3.10
🖥️ Google's Antigravity IDE
🔥 Gemini 3 Pro, Opus 4.5, GPT 5.1
⚠️ Agentic Coding Security Risks
🤮 AI Coding Sucks (interesting take by Syntax .fm)

Read it here 👇
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November 2025: Flutter 3.38, Dart 3.10, The AI Coding Wars (Gemini 3 vs Claude Opus 4.5)
Also included: Google Antigravity IDE, understanding agentic coding security risks, and a different perspective on how AI coding sucks.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Spent the whole day dockerizing my coding setup so I can safely run `claude --dangerously-skip-permissions` and mitigate damage if things go wrong.

Many gotchas along the way. I'll try to share an article once I get it working properly.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The more I use AI for coding, the more I realize how powerful it is.

But I still feel like a beginner and I now see a long road to real mastery.

My new plan:
- I'll dive deeper and aim to get really good at this
- Once I'm ready, I'll start sharing new content
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Kinda wanted to have a play with Antigravity today, but...
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Just managed to one-shot a video transcription CLI tool (3000+ LOC including tests).

How I did it:

- Written a detailed spec (with some help from AI)
- Used my own custom /plan and /work sub-agents

Claude code did all the work -> AI Agents are getting better!

Quick demo 👇
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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So much cool stuff happening in AI right now, especially for us developers!

Just tested Antigravity with Gemini 3 Pro. 💻

Very nice... but I still miss a few things from Claude Code.

Will publish a video next week!
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Been doing some tweaks and polish on my currency converter app.

I built >90% of it with agentic AI and I'm improving my workflows as I go along.

Check it out here:
currency-converter-ab.web.app
Preview of the charts screen on my currency converter app
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Code it yourself, or prompt the AI? 🧐

That's a very valid question, since AI doesn't always get it right.

In my latest video, I offer insights from my experience, along with a decision matrix that will help you save time and avoid frustration.

Watch it here 👇

youtu.be/HOhYX9lA6T8
When to Code vs Prompt with AI
YouTube video by Andrea Bizzotto
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November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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When coding with AI, I follow a fairly simple principle:

If prompting effort > coding effort, code it. 😅

Would it be useful if I made a video with examples, etc?
Effort to code vs Effort to Prompt: my 2x2 matrix 1. Low prompt, Low code - Small UI/animation tweaks - Pull to refresh - Codegen - Simple refactors 2. High prompt, Low code - Line-level instructions - Dense business logic - One-line bug fixes - Layout errors (overflows, unbounded heights, etc) 3. Low prompt, High code - Boilerplate (crash reporting, analytics setup) - Writing tests - Localization - Theming system - Big refactors (AI usually does this in multiple steps + run analyzer ... can be slow) 4. High prompt, High code - Offline caching + syncing - Full-stack features - Background tasks + iOS/Android specific - Complex charting solutions - IAP + entitlements For 1 and 2, use Autocomplete and IDE assists. For 3 and 4, use AI agents for planning, implement in stages, consider verification effort.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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My Flutter October newsletter is out, covering:

🧩 Flutter & Figma MCP
🧱 Wasm 3.0 release
🎥 FlutterCon EU 2025 Videos
🎧 Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away

Read on for all the details:
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October 2025: Flutter & Figma MCP, Platform & UI threads merge, Andrej Karpathy on AGI
Also included: Fluttercon EU videos, Wasm 3.0, my 3-folder system for effective AI coding in Flutter.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Back in the day, many companies used to under-promise and over-deliver, leading to customer satisfaction and long-term business prospects.

Sad to see late-stage capitalism changed this. Now it seems to be the norm (esp. for AI companies) to trick customers and do the opposite.
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Super interesting new podcast with Andrej Karpathy!👇
www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-kar...
Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away
"The problems are tractable, but they're still difficult”
www.dwarkesh.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Here's a fun game! 🎲

Fully implement a feature, getting as close as possible to 0% context before auto-compacting.
The PR description includes the complete status, implementation details, testing checklist, and next steps. Ready for review! ⏵⏵ accept edits on (shift+tab to cycle) Context left until auto-compact: 0%
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Just published a new video about my 3 top folders for agentic AI coding in Flutter! 🚀

Inside, I cover:

⏳ Updated workflow for more consistent AI results
✅ Guidelines to ensure AI stays on track
🧭 Battle-tested patterns, commands and prompts

Watch it here 👇
youtu.be/D68mZzbs6JY
Beyond Prompts: My 3-Folder System for Effective AI Coding in Flutter
YouTube video by Andrea Bizzotto
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October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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I'm working on a new video about essential folders I use for agentic AI coding.

I'll cover my workflow for:

1️⃣ staying organized
2️⃣ getting consistently good results
3️⃣ reducing friction when coding with AI

Should be out next week! 🗓️
Top 3 Folders for Agentic AI coding in Flutter ai_??? ai_specs ai_docs
October 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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This is kinda how I build with AI these days.

Same for you?
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October 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Today I built the currency conversion charts for my new app.

Or rather, I wrote the spec, and CC Sonnet 4.5 did all the planning and implementation. 🚀

Got it all done in ~4 hours, even though I wasn't at all familiar with the fl_charts library. Very impressed!
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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My Flutter September newsletter is out!

- Riverpod 3.0
- The ultimate guide to migrating to Flutter
- Liquid Glass UI
- AI rules for Flutter and Dart
- Latest from the Flutter community
- Best AI Coding Agents

Read on for all the details 👇

codewithandrea.com/newsletter/s...
September 2025: Riverpod 3.0, Migrating to Flutter, Flutter AI Rules, Best AI Agents
Also included: Liquid Glass and the cupertino_native package, Flutter vs web wrappers, AI service issues at Anthropic and OpenAI.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Did you know?

You can use absolute imports for reusable Dart files that are copy-pasted across projects.

This way, they are always imported correctly (as long as they live in the same location relative to the project root).
If you copy-paste Dart files to a new project, your imports will fail: import 'package:old_app/src/constants/layout_breakpoints.dart'; You can Find & Replace package:old_app with package:new_app to fix them (annoying and not very scalable) Alternatives Relative imports: import '../../constants/layout_breakpoints.dart'; Absolute imports: import '/src/constants/layout_breakpoints.dart'; Absolute imports are handy for files that always live in the same location across multiple projects (e.g. /src/constants) Consider this as a temporary solution. Reusable files should be moved into a common package (works best with monorepo setups).
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM