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Ifkaluvatoday at 4:47 AM1 replyview on HN

And then it wants to edit some random upstream file that is not relevant to the task at hand and we should not edit it, so you tell it “and only edit the files affected by this commit”, and wait two more minutes.

And now it deletes a test, so you tell it “and don’t delete any tests”, and wait two more minutes.

And now it adds logic to disable the core functionality, so now you tell it “and don’t disable the core functionality”, and wait two more minutes.

Etc


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refactor_mastertoday at 10:04 AM

After a refreshing walk it suddenly occurred to me - I had forgotten to add "make no mistakes".