Building with AI coding agents: code is easy, catching hallucinations is hard

Short summary

A product manager with no coding experience used Claude Code to build a full game wiki for a roguelike called Pathogenic. The code generation was fast and reliable, but the real challenge was catching AI hallucinations — the agent fabricated plausible-sounding game mechanics from unrelated sources. The author's workflow is now 20% directing the AI, 30% reviewing output, 30% verifying facts, and 20% fixing tone. The key lesson: building with AI requires strong editorial judgment, not coding skills.

• •AI coding agents can generate full production sites fast, but confidently produce false content that looks correct
• •Author's workflow: 20% directing AI, 30% reviewing, 30% fact-checking, 20% tone correction
• •Every AI-generated claim must link to a verifiable source before publishing

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.