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Copilot's Database Design Pitfalls: Japanese Devs Offer Fix
GitHub Copilot can generate database migrations that introduce circular dependencies and other flaws, as developers optimize prompts for token efficiency rather than code quality. Japanese Rails teams counter this by writing schema documentation formatted for AI consumption and preserving architectural decisions as context. They also use Model Context Protocol to maintain continuity across sessions, reducing errors from fragmented prompts.
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The real issue isn't Copilot's capability but how developers misuse it—treating AI as a shortcut rather than a tool that requires structured input.
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