Mastering AI Coding Agents: Review Decisions, Not Code
breath_mirror · x · 2026-07-19
After extensively using AI coding tools, a developer shared a methodology for scaling their use. The core insight is: you don't need to review AI-generated code line by line, but you must rigorously review its "technical decisions."
As long as humans provide the right decisions, AI can execute perfectly; letting AI make decisions autonomously often leads to a messy codebase. Based on this, he shared a highly practical prompt: during project progression, actively ask the AI to list "What are the choices you made that you aren't entirely confident about?" to precisely intervene and course-correct.
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