I've been using Vaadin with AI coding assistants (Claude, Copilot) and the experience is surprisingly smooth compared to typical React/Spring Boot setups.
The core insight: server-side rendering + pure Java stack eliminates a ton of friction when AI generates code. No mismatched API contracts, no TypeScript/Java type drift, no "generate backend, now generate frontend, now make them talk to each other."
The security model is cleaner too - business logic stays in the JVM by default, so you're not auditing AI-generated React components for accidental client-side auth checks or data exposure.
Curious if others have found similar patterns with other frameworks, or if there are better approaches to AI-assisted full-stack development I'm missing.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 15.4 ms ] threadThe core insight: server-side rendering + pure Java stack eliminates a ton of friction when AI generates code. No mismatched API contracts, no TypeScript/Java type drift, no "generate backend, now generate frontend, now make them talk to each other."
The security model is cleaner too - business logic stays in the JVM by default, so you're not auditing AI-generated React components for accidental client-side auth checks or data exposure.
Curious if others have found similar patterns with other frameworks, or if there are better approaches to AI-assisted full-stack development I'm missing.