Plumb: I built my friend a tutor for her own codebase, because "the AI writes the code now"

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>A friend of mine, a software engineer, asked me a question I couldn't shake: <strong>why should she keep learning when an AI agent can write the code?</strong></p> <p>I didn't want to answer with a lecture, so I built her an answer instead. <strong>Plumb</strong> is a tutor for <em>her own</em> codebase. It doesn't write code. It makes sure she stays the person who understands it.</p> <p>You run <cod

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>A friend of mine, a software engineer, asked me a question I couldn't shake: <strong>why should she keep learning when an AI agent can write the code?</strong></p> <p>I didn't want to answer with a lecture, so I built her an answer instead. <strong>Plumb</strong> is a tutor for <em>her own</em> codebase. It doesn't write code. It makes sure she stays the person who understands it.</p> <p>You run <cod

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-weekend-2026-10-01">Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>A friend of mine, a software engineer, asked me a question I couldn't shake: <strong>why should she keep learning when an AI agent can write the code?</strong></p> <p>I didn't want to answer with a lecture, so I built her an answer instead. <strong>Plumb</strong> is a tutor for <em>her own</em> codebase. It doesn't write code. It makes sure she stays the person who understands it.</p> <p>You run <cod

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Plumb: I built my friend a tutor for her own codebase, because "the AI writes the code now"

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