Solving a Tracking Issue with AI Tools – A Developer’s Experience

Date: May 23,2025

🧩 The Problem

While working on my TrackingVisitor page, I noticed that tracking data (session, device, behavior) stopped being saved. Everything was wired up — JavaScript tracking code, a backend API, a database table — but nothing showed up.

💪 My Own Debugging Effort

• Verified the JavaScript was executing
• Confirmed network requests were firing
• Saw a 404 on js/TrackingEntries.js
• Tested API endpoints manually

Even after checking all of this, the issue remained unresolved.

🤖 How AI Tools Helped

I turned to ChatGPT to speed up the process:

• Spotted incorrect path: ~/js/TrackingEntries.js ➡️ /js/TrackingEntries.js
• Helped catch typos like seesionId instead of sessionId
• Guided me through testing fetch() requests in the console

⏱️ Time Saved

Manually debugging could’ve taken 4–6 hours. With AI, I solved it in under 45 minutes — including testing, fixing, and validating that the data saved successfully.

🧠 AI as a Developer Skill

Using AI tools isn’t just helpful — it’s becoming essential. For me, ChatGPT helped with:

• Faster debugging
• Spotting tiny mistakes I overlooked
• Improving how I test and validate APIs

📣 Final Thought

AI is now a core part of my developer toolkit. It didn’t just help me fix this — it helped me grow. If you're a developer, I highly recommend using AI to speed up your problem-solving workflow.

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