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Developer Builds File-Timestamp Feedback Loop to Enforce AI Output Quality
A developer created a deterministic feedback system using file timestamps and exit codes to catch AI hallucinations and omissions. The system uses four mechanical scripts and one AI step, with zero dependencies beyond Python's standard library. A 200-line module was merged into a 100K-star open-source project after community review.
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The approach highlights a growing trend: treating AI outputs as unreliable by default and building mechanical guardrails, rather than relying on better prompts.
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