Coding agents usually do not drift because they are incapable. They drift because the task leaves too...
Coding agents usually do not drift because they are incapable. They drift because the task leaves too much room for interpretation.
A request like “clean up authentication” sounds clear to a human who already knows the codebase. To an agent, it can mean anything from renaming one helper to replacing the entire authentication stack.
The fix is not a longer prompt. It is a brief with four explicit parts:
Outcome
Context
Coding agents become much more useful when you stop treating the prompt as a request for code and...
Short take: AI coding agents get useful when they have clean context, not giant prompts.
The Problem Coding agents are only as good as the context you give them. The better your...
The problem AI coding agents generate code at impressive speeds. But they also commit...
AI coding agents can modify an unfamiliar file in seconds. The slower question is often more...
If you work with a coding agent, count the things watching it right now. Linters. Git hooks. CI....
