Agent Tip: Asking for 'Quick Fixes' Can Spread Bad Code Patterns Across Your Codebase
nicolascraske · x · 2026-11-15
poteto warns that 'quick fixes' are harmful in the agent era: when you ask a coding agent for the smallest possible change, a seemingly harmless bandaid gets copied as a pattern by the next agent and spreads everywhere.
Humans used to write bandaid fixes because there was never time to do it right; agents change that calculus — sometimes you should have the agent fix the root cause even if the change is more invasive.
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