Better Prompts Aren't Enough for Reliable AI Coding

Description and use

<p>When a coding agent gives you a confident answer, it's easy to treat that confidence as evidence.</p> <p>I learned that on <a href="https://skillpass.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SkillPass</a>, one of my open-source projects. An agent told me the GitHub check on a <a href="https://github.com/bradtraversy/skillpass/pull/19" rel="noopener noreferrer">pull request</a> was green. I trusted the report and merged it without opening the check myself.</p> <p>The <a href="https://github.com/bradtraversy/skillpass/actions/runs/36414868193" rel="noopener noreferrer">check had failed</a>. Main was r

Problem

<p>When a coding agent gives you a confident answer, it's easy to treat that confidence as evidence.</p> <p>I learned that on <a href="https://skillpass.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SkillPass</a>, one of my open-source projects. An agent told me the GitHub check on a <a href="https://github.com/bradtraversy/skillpass/pull/19" rel="noopener noreferrer">pull request</a> was green. I trusted the report and merged it without opening the check myself.</p> <p>The <a href="https://github.com/bradtraversy/skillpass/actions/runs/36414868193" rel="noopener noreferrer">check had failed</a>. Main was r

Outcome

<p>When a coding agent gives you a confident answer, it's easy to treat that confidence as evidence.</p> <p>I learned that on <a href="https://skillpass.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer">SkillPass</a>, one of my open-source projects. An agent told me the GitHub check on a <a href="https://github.com/bradtraversy/skillpass/pull/19" rel="noopener noreferrer">pull request</a> was green. I trusted the report and merged it without opening the check myself.</p> <p>The <a href="https://github.com/bradtraversy/skillpass/actions/runs/36414868193" rel="noopener noreferrer">check had failed</a>. Main was r

Evidence

Better Prompts Aren't Enough for Reliable AI Coding

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