How to let AI agents write most of your code without shipping slop
PuzzleheadedMenu2454 · reddit · 2026-07-25
After a year of building with AI agents, the author says the gap between "5x faster" and "shipping garbage" comes down to a few hard-earned guardrails.
The main rules are:
- keep tasks small
- write the spec and often the tests before the agent starts
- never let it touch auth, payments, or user-data-heavy code without slow review
- read every diff
- retain architectural control yourself
The post argues that the tools are powerful, but they will happily ship broken code unless the human stays in charge of scope and review.
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