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You're not. Most of the pain you're describing is the model not knowing anything your team knows. It doesn't know you already tried that approach in March and it broke billing. Until you feed it that history it will keep confidently repeating your old mistakes at higher speed.
You mention two very specific aspects of AI producing code: - "It hyper-focuses on the current task and couldn't care less if its changes break other parts of the system." - "Long context = instant brain damage" This is why I quickly discovered that I had to turn AI into a knowledgable, patient tutor rather than let it code for me. I am thoroughly at the helm for all decisions big and small - I don't let AI touch the…