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← All ArticlesA Warning That Doesn't Block Is a Bug
A pre-commit guard printed its own failure and passed the commit anyway. The fix for the class: fail closed, carry a doctor, spend false alarms like currency.
Prompt discipline is engineering infrastructure
Prompt discipline is engineering infrastructure: a forbidden-phrase catalog, hooks, and enforcement that catch AI coding agents dressing shortcuts as judgment.
The blast radius principle: defensive patterns for AI-generated commands
Every command an AI assistant proposes has a blast radius: the worst it can do if wrong. Dangerous shapes, safer forms, and a three-tier safeguard hierarchy.