Accept All, Understand None

Short summary

The gap between how fast you can accept AI code suggestions and how fast you can understand them creates unexamined technical debt, even on calm afternoons with no deadline pressure. Compiled code and passing tests aren't sufficient safeguards—edge cases, domain assumptions, and subtle logic errors slip through when you accept instead of carefully reading. The solution: treat AI suggestions like junior developer PRs by discussing approaches beforehand, reviewing implementation details, asking the model to explain, and paying particular attention to lines that surprise you.

• •Accepting AI code faster than understanding it creates technical debt without deadline pressure
• •Passing tests and compiling code doesn't catch edge cases or wrong assumptions
• •Treat AI suggestions like junior dev PRs: review carefully, ask for explanations, and notice surprises

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