APR 23
10 min
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Refactor legacy TS with AI: 14 call sites, no re-export trap
A step-by-step AI refactor on a 63k-line TypeScript monorepo. The prompt, the re-export trap, and why Claude Opus 4.7 + Aider beat the IDE agent by 3 call sites.
8.4
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APR 23
13 min
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The case against autonomous coding agents in 2026
Autonomous coding agents still fail 1 in 9 production runs on my suite. The three failure modes that cause it, and where a bounded planner is the honest answer.
8.9
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APR 23
6 min
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Agent loops and retries: 4-step policy that cuts 429s 30x
The retry policy that cut my agent-loop 429 rate from 6% to 0.2% across 4 vendors. Jitter, step-budget interlock, and the one thing you should never retry.
9.4
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read →6 min