At Techtinium, our developers just wrapped up AI Week, a five-day innovation sprint that empowered our engineering team to explore how AI tools like Cursor and GPT can solve real-world development problems. The goal was clear: build something meaningful using AI and assess whether these tools can help us enhance our development velocity, code quality, and collective learning.
What Is AI Week?
AI Week was spearheaded by Valsoft, MWM’s parent company. It is a focused initiative to bring artificial intelligence into the core of software development. Teams were given the opportunity to pause their routine work to explore the capabilities of AI in real development scenarios.
Instead of solving untouched ideas or abstract problems, our developers were encouraged to tackle real tech complexities and modernization goals using Cursor, an AI-first code editor. The week wasn’t just about coding, it was also about learning. By the end of the week, the aim was to:
- Measure the overall improvement achieved
- Identify effective use cases for AI tools
- Understand when AI should be used and when traditional methods are more suitable
Focus Areas:
The MWM team solved the following product EPICS with AI. They focused on:Â
- Building a new Inventory Application
- Developing a rich text editor for the Print365 commercial platform
- Modernizing legacy code from AngularJS to Angular 18Â
- Enhancing integration between Print 365 Calendar and Print365 News applications
Arulselvan Balasubramanian: Rich Text Editor for Commercial Platform
Arul worked on a long-requested feature: implementing a rich-text comment editor in the Print365 commercial application. Previous efforts had been blocked by Angular version constraints and limitations in open-source editors.
What he accomplished:
- Migrated the app from Angular 13 to 17 using AI-generated upgrade checklists and commands.
- Customized Quill, an open-source editor, to support pixel-based font sizes.
- Ensured compatibility with MWM’s UI framework using component-based adaptation.
- Used Cursor with ChatGPT 4.1 and Gemini 2.5 for code generation and troubleshooting.
Outcome: The rich-text editor is now live in production — a major win from AI Week.
Mohammed Yusuf Gani & Harish: Migrating from AngularJS to Angular 18
Yusuf and Harish modernized the Print Production Planning application, one of MWM’s oldest AngularJS-based systems. They aimed to migrate their booking list module to Angular 18.2.
Key contributions:
- Migrated the “Booking List” module while navigating outdated controller-based architecture.
- Yusuf handled API integration and the booking list UI; Harish worked on the sidebar and navigation.
- Used AI to structure the migration process through step-by-step prompting and checklists.
Outcome: Successfully verified that legacy AngularJS APIs could work with modern Angular components, providing a foundation for a phased migration of the full application.
Conclusion: This initiative confirmed that with tools like Cursor, a project once assumed to require 6–12 months could potentially be completed in under three months.
Legacy modernization is doable. We came in thinking an AngularJS to Angular migration would be daunting. But with AI-assisted planning and execution, we saw how a phased and manageable transition is completely within reach.
Anand Raghupathy: Full-Stack Inventory Management Application
Anand developed a full-stack Inventory Management App from scratch, fully integrated with MWM’s existing Print 365 authentication system.
Key contributions:
- Backend: .NET 6 using a repository pattern
- Frontend: Angular 14 with NGX Bootstrap
- Barcode scanning capabilities
AI involvement:
- 90%+ of the application was generated using Cursor
- Used Gemini 2.5 and Claude Sonnet 4 models for structured prompt-based development
Outcome: Delivered a complete and functional application within AI Week.
Kamlesh Bokdia: AI-Driven UI Prototyping and Review Automation
Kamlesh focused on creating a frontend prototype for the Inventory App based on Odoo’s inventory module, tailored for the printing industry.
What he accomplished:
- Developed UI using Cursor, leveraging prompts and a checklist-driven approach
- Built filtering, pagination, inventory item history tracking, and list components
- Deployed to Vercel for live demonstration and testing
Process highlights:
- Studied Odoo’s inventory module
- Combined that knowledge with MWM’s requirements to create a functional plan
- Used pre-built Cursor rules for Angular & UI best practices and modular development
AI Week gave us the confidence to not just use AI, but to build with it strategically! It validated that with the right mindset and approach, AI can enhance creativity, reduce redundancy, and create space for deeper problem-solving.
AI Week Winner: Anand Raghupathy
Anand Raghupathy won the AI Week for his outstanding contributions. Not only did he build a complete full-stack application, but he also:
- Demonstrated mastery in AI tool usage — from prompts to architecture design
- Created custom Cursor rules that accelerated development
- Shared knowledge and guided the entire team on how to make the most of AI tools
His work highlights how well-structured AI usage can drive real innovation within limited timeframes.
Final Thoughts
For us, participating in MWM’s AI Week was more than just a hands-on exploration of new tools, it was a shift in how we think about software development.
We have realized that AI is a collaborative partner, and not a crutch! When paired with the right domain knowledge and well-structured inputs, AI can significantly reduce the time we spend on writing the boilerplate code, upgrades, and even testing!
We’re excited to bring these practices back to Techtinium, expand them further, and explore how AI can support our clients, teams, and products going forward.
Process innovation is just as important as product features. Watching our team automate code reviews, integrate live diff checks, and use AI to validate tasks end-to-end gave us a new appreciation for how DevOps and development can blend more seamlessly.
