Wisdom

With AI code, experience gives you the spidey sense

Quote

understand system architecture and the way things are supposed to operate. you can properly handle these things. Because something gives you a spidey sense that, eh, I don't think this feels, something about this doesn't feel correct.

Episode 270: YOLO Guy (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:04:49 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Dave isn't writing the Index refactor code himself, but he reviews it because he doesn't trust it, and that has caught critical bugs more than once. When something gives him pause, he has the agent build a specific test suite. Even if you're not a great coder, understanding system architecture gives you a sense that something isn't right, which someone without that experience wouldn't feel.

Not in the audio. His line 'You better believe I'm looking at every line of it' falls partly in Unknown-labeled cues, so it's summarized, not quoted.