Three habits to keep coding agents from letting design decisions go stale
menhguin · x · 2026-10-09
Three practices to prevent agent context obsolescence (@menhguin)
- Always explain the rationale / why something was added;
- Document bugs in a Chesterton's Fence format with deprecation criteria, so agents can decide when something is no longer needed;
- Encourage agent autonomy.
Follow-up to the discussion on agents treating earlier decisions as sacrosanct.
Related event: Make Agents Cite Your Design Rationale to Preserve Intent(3 posts)→
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