Kiro Changed How I Think About Development

Source: Dev.to

Project Overview

I built Trust Guardian—an AI‑powered Gmail threat detector—in one week using Kiro.

How Kiro Helped

• Instead of spending hours reading Gmail API documentation and writing boilerplate, I provided a few structured prompts and Kiro generated a fully functional application with complex functionality and UI/UX (including particle generation).
• Kiro remembered context across the entire project, allowing new features to automatically match existing patterns.
• Agent hooks caught errors on save, and steering docs eliminated repetitive instructions.
• I could focus on what to build rather than how to configure TypeScript.

Results

• 3,500 lines of code produced with zero Stack Overflow tabs open.
• Minimal issues or errors compared with other AI agents.
• Development felt less about typing and more about thinking.

Conclusion

Kiro removed everything between idea and implementation. Try it—you won’t go back.