Stop Using AI Only To Write Code. Build Tiny Internal Tools That Buy Back Time.

When people ask how AI helps my coding, my honest answer is simple: I feel 100x faster than before. The real edge is not only code generation. It is using AI to draft tiny internal tools that remove friction across the day.

What this looks like at ZenGo

  • AWS Pipelines Manager We had dozens of microservices with multiple CodePipelines per environment. Managing them by hand was impossible and many services were often not deployed to the latest commit, which caused drift and random issues. The dashboard scans the account pipes, groups them by environment, shows status at a glance, and lets you bulk select and deploy the right ones fast.

Pipelines Dashboard

Env Look

  • “Super Forwarding” A CLI that opens multiple AWS SSM tunnels with a guided prompt, assigns fixed local ports, and cleans up stale sessions.

SSM Super Forwarding

  • Solana wallet connect test web app A tiny web app we built to validate WalletConnect integration end to end, exercise signing flows, and catch provider-specific errors quickly. Code is public here ZenGo X Solana Test Dapp.

  • Agentic AI cooking…

These can be web tools, CLIs, or Slack apps that answer in threads with suggested owners and next checks. The form does not matter. The speed does.

Why this works

  • Better developer experience
  • Fewer context switches and faster first signals on incidents
  • Better onboarding because the happy path lives in tools
  • Better developer experience
  • Better developer experience
  • Better developer experience

If you liked my post on simple, low-cost deployments with CapRover and GitHub Actions, this is the same mindset. Keep it simple, ship fast, let ai carry the load. 👉 CapRover: Easy Deployments

My 6 step loop

  1. Identify a pain point for the team or devops.
  2. Write the problem and solution in plain English.
  3. Sketch a simple flow with Excalidraw or similar.
  4. Code it and ship ship ship
  5. Iterate cut scope that does not save time.
  6. Enjoy a simpler dev life

I am genuinely excited about what comes next. AI for code is table stakes. AI for internal tooling is how you buy back hours and make developers happier. What tiny tool will you ship this week?