Warning: uncurated Opus 5 writes poison your codebase style for every other agent
bclavie · x · 2026-09-09
The author warns that one of the worst things you can do to a codebase is let Opus 5 touch any file without the world's most stringent coding guidelines: once a bad style lands, all other AI assistants will diligently propagate it. A practical pitfall for AI coding workflows.
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