There’s a lot of writing out there on prompt engineering and model selection in pursuit of making AI agents smarter and more self-directed software engineers, but I’ve found that isn’t always enough to get consistently helpful results, especially when you’re trying to use AI to update older, more complex codebases alongside human engineers. The structure and style of your code can make a huge difference in how well AI can understand and intelligently extend it.I’m not saying you need to go re...

There’s a lot of writing out there on prompt engineering and model selection in pursuit of making AI agents smarter and more self-directed software engineers, but I’ve found that isn’t always enough to get consistently helpful results, especially when you’re trying to use AI to update older, more complex codebases alongside human engineers. The structure and style of your code can make a huge difference in how well AI can understand and intelligently extend it.I’m not saying you need to go re...