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The AI’s code review pushed a bad design change that later models treated as settled policy

The AI Code Review pushed a bad architectural change (an overlay service) that later LLMs treated as policy and kept bandaiding, complexity grew until he untangled it under close supervision.

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How it works

  1. The AI Code Review pushes an overlay service change
  2. Later LLMs read it as policy
  3. They keep patching around it
  4. Complexity grows until he untangles it under close supervision

Why it’s worth knowing

One bad suggestion became load-bearing because later models assumed it was deliberate.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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