Our AI Tool Preferences, Claude Code, & create-tsrouter-app Goes Solid

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The web development world can’t seem to get enough of surveys, so we’ve got the first State of AI 2025 to announce in this week’s episode. The folks behind this survey are the same ones who run State of JS, State of CSS, State of HTML, and more. Take 15 minutes to let them know what AI models you prefer, which code assistants you use, and what annoys you about the state of AI today.

Along the same lines, Anthropic just released Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code. Claude Sonnet’s become a favorite model in the programming world and 3.7 introduces the first hybrid model that can produce near instant response or extended, thoughtful responses, depending on what the user wants. Claude Code is Anthropic’s first agentic coding tool in the form of a CLI that can search and read code, edit files, run tests, and commit code to GitHub.

Jack’s drop in replacement for the deprecated Create React App, create-tsrouter-app, now offers Solid JS support, add-ons like including Sentry or Tailwind CSS in a new project, and model context protocol (MCP) support for AI coding assistants to interact with the application.

News:

• Paige - State of AI survey 2025
• Jack - create-tsrouter-app updates (Solid, add-ons, MCP support)
• TJ - Claude Sonnet 3.7 and Claude CodeBonus News:

Bonus News:

• First impressions of Bolt.new + Expo
• react-scan 0.2
• React Explorer

What Makes Us Happy this Week:

• Paige - Breville InFizz Aqua
• Jack - Adrian’s Digital Basement YT channel
• TJ - ClaudePlaysPokemon

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