---
title: "How AI fixed my procrastination"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-ai-fixed-my-procrastination-bwommltqd
source_url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/how-ai-fixed-my-procrastination/
type: article
source: "Visual Studio Blog"
published: 2025-12-22T15:03:35.433Z
updated: 2026-03-15T07:56:23.626Z
tags: ["ai-agents", "github", "productivity", "visual-studio", "webdev"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 163
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# How AI fixed my procrastination

**[Visual Studio Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/vs)** · 8 min read · 163 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

A developer shares their experience using GitHub Copilot and AI agents in Visual Studio to complete three long-postponed projects during a holiday weekend: converting a book into a static website, building a TOON language parser and Visual Studio extension, and creating new color themes. The AI tools provided 5-10x speed improvements by generating code, handling isolated tasks in parallel, and jumpstarting complex work. While AI accelerated development significantly, manual refinement and traditional coding were still needed for certain tasks. The experience demonstrates how AI coding assistants can overcome procrastination by reducing the initial barrier to starting overwhelming projects.

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**@rryyqn** · 23 upvotes

> That’s actually a great point. I’m not a fan of vibe coded slop, but this is a different situation. There’s nothing stopping you from vibe coding a simple working demo for a project you want to build. In fact, doing so probably diminishes the cognitive friction of starting the project. In this sense, AI is totally valid if helps you get started and stops your procrastination. But please, don’t turn lazy and vibe code the whole thing.

**@ucodes** · 6 upvotes

> While I'm trying to quit vibe coding 💀
>
> 90% of my time goes to fixing stupid bugs a newbie won't  even make.

**@a\_meb\_a** · 4 upvotes

> prompt level gladiator

**@harispatel62** · 1 upvotes

> Improving clear prompt can help in programming

**@nubprogrammer** · 1 upvotes

> initial boost, but human refinement still mattered.

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