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AI coding agents struggle with large repos due to stateless context
AI coding tools often break existing code when making changes because they lack awareness of the full codebase. A developer built CXGRD, a CLI that maps dependencies and calculates blast radius to provide enriched prompts. The tool is free and available on npm.
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While CXGRD addresses a real pain point, its effectiveness depends on how well it integrates with existing AI workflows and whether it can scale to enterprise repos.
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