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title: "Solo + AI Pair Programming Notes"
url: https://mdfy.app/ycd15uiY
updated: 2026-05-05T02:21:30.649Z
source: "mdfy.app"
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# Solo + AI Pair Programming Notes

## What works
- Claude Code for architecture decisions and refactors
- AI-generated commits — explicit "what" + "why" beats my hand-typed messages
- Diff-driven code review — paste diff, ask "what would break?"
- TypeScript first → AI catches mismatched types in edits

## What doesn't
- Letting AI design the database schema. Always wrong on edge cases.
- AI-written API endpoints without me reading them line-by-line. Auth bugs.
- Long-running agentic flows on uncommitted code. Burns context.

## Cadence
- 90% of code lands via AI pair
- 10% I write because the AI keeps getting it wrong, and that's a signal
  the code is doing too much.