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Developer finds 46 bugs in AI-refactored code, warns against blind trust
A developer used an AI coding agent to refactor a 1,920-line CLI entrypoint into 410 lines, but found three reference errors manually. After adding ESLint's no-undef rule, they discovered 46 undefined references across 7 files, breaking 7 of 14 commands. The fix was not a smarter AI model but a static analysis gate that doesn't trust anyone.
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The story underscores that AI-generated code still requires rigorous automated checks, and that human review alone is insufficient for catching silent regressions.
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I audited my own AI-generated refactor and found 46 bugs. Here's what that taught me. →
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