Date: 04/12/2025
Okay, so this “AI Engineer Roadmap” video by ZazenCodes is definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re like me and trying to weave AI tools into your Laravel workflow. It’s essentially a practical demo of using Supabase Meta-Control Protocol (MCP) within the Cursor IDE, leveraging AI agents to generate access tokens, configure the IDE, create database tables, and even add authentication. Think of it as AI-assisted scaffolding for your backend – pretty neat!
What makes this video valuable is seeing how AI can automate those initial, often tedious, setup tasks. For us Laravel devs, that could translate to using Cursor (or similar) to generate migrations, seeders, or even initial CRUD controllers based on database schema defined with AI. Imagine describing your desired data model in plain English and having the AI craft the necessary database structure and authentication boilerplate for you. You can then spend more time on the unique business logic instead of wrestling with configuration files.
It’s inspiring because it showcases a tangible shift from writing every line of code manually to orchestrating AI agents to handle the groundwork. I’m eager to experiment with this to see how it impacts my project timelines, particularly for those early-stage projects where setting up the infrastructure feels like a major time sink. Plus, the video highlights how open-source tools like Supabase and community-driven IDEs like Cursor are becoming powerful platforms for AI-assisted development, making it easier than ever to start playing around with these concepts in a real-world context.