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AI Coding

AI coding only scales if the review loop gets stronger too. The notes here focus on evidence, replay, tool boundaries, code-agent loops, and the habits that keep generated changes inspectable.

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  1. →Keep evidence close to the diff.
  2. →Record and replay multi-step failures.
  3. →Review plan, code, tests, and runtime behavior separately.
  4. →Use agents only where the loop is bounded enough to inspect.

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