Plan First, Code Later: Reddit User's Simple Prompt Change Transforms Coding Agent Workflow
m-fasciano · reddit · 2026-09-26
Reddit user m-fasciano shares a workflow shift for coding agents: instead of asking AI to write code directly, first ask it to explain what needs to change, which files it would touch, and what could break. After reviewing that plan, he gives the go-ahead to implement. He says this trivial-sounding change completely transformed how he uses coding agents, especially on large or legacy codebases.
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