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AI Dev Log: Why You Must Commit Code Before Letting AI Fix Bugs
A developer lost a hard-won fix for compiling argparse into Go after failing to commit the working code before running multiple AI agents concurrently. The AI agents could not reconstruct the fix from chat summaries, erasing the progress. The lesson: commit frequently and religiously when using AI for complex coding tasks.
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This cautionary tale underscores a growing risk in AI-assisted development: treating AI as a reliable state manager when it lacks the context to reconstruct lost work.
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