Is feature skeleton code generation still relevant in the age of AI?

Is feature skeleton code generation still relevant in the age of AI?

If you’re looking for the short answer: yes, it is.

But the real question is why this method is still important when AI can already generate code for you.

The problem

Every feature you’re building looks almost the same: it has the same architectural foundation, the same layers of abstraction, the same boilerplate code. Over time, you start noticing the annoying repetition (do I need to implement the same bloc classes again a thousand times?!), slight code and naming deviations, and new architectural decisions that just showed up from nowhere. Your codebase becomes a living organism, and every new feature it evolves, but not in the way you would want.

What is feature skeleton code generation?

Feature skeleton code generation is the process of automatically scaffolding a feature’s structure during development. Rather than creating files, classes, and boilerplate by hand, you use templates to generate them.