Why I Stopped Using nbdev for AI-Assisted Coding

Hamel Husain says he stopped using nbdev, a literate programming environment he helped build and maintain, because AI coding tools struggle with its notebook-to-library workflow.

He now uses Amp, Cursor, and Claude Code, and reserves notebooks for data analysis, machine learning, and exploratory work.

He also favors conventional stacks such as Next.js for web development, arguing that AI performs best on widely used languages with abundant training data.