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Why Your AI Code Review Misses Stateful Bugs (and the 3-Context Fix)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1d ago
Why Your AI Code Review Misses Stateful Bugs (and the 3-Context Fix)
A lot of AI code reviews look sharp right up until they miss the bug that actually matters. They...
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Why AI Forgets Your Project's Conventions (and the One-File Fix)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2d ago
Why AI Forgets Your Project's Conventions (and the One-File Fix)
You spend 20 minutes explaining to your AI assistant that this codebase uses tabs not spaces, that...
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5 Signs Your Prompt Is Leaking Tokens (and How to Seal Each One)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2d ago
5 Signs Your Prompt Is Leaking Tokens (and How to Seal Each One)
A "leaky" prompt is one that burns tokens without contributing to the output. The model gets bigger...
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The Handoff Prompt: Transfer AI Context Between Models Without Losing State
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2d ago
The Handoff Prompt: Transfer AI Context Between Models Without Losing State
Here's a workflow I run almost every day: start a task with a fast cheap model, hit its limits, then...
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Why Your AI Code Review Misses Real Bugs (and the 3-Prompt Fix)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2d ago
Why Your AI Code Review Misses Real Bugs (and the 3-Prompt Fix)
I used to have one prompt for code review. Something like: "Review this diff, find bugs, suggest...
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Prompt Contracts for Teams: Sharing AI Specs Without the Merge Hell
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2d ago
Prompt Contracts for Teams: Sharing AI Specs Without the Merge Hell
If you've been writing Prompt Contracts for a while, you know they work. One page, clear inputs,...
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Token Budgets for Real Projects: How I Keep AI Costs Under $50/Month
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 5d ago
Token Budgets for Real Projects: How I Keep AI Costs Under $50/Month
AI coding assistants are useful. They're also expensive if you're not paying attention. I was...
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Why Your AI Code Review Misses Logic Bugs (and a 4-Step Fix)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 5d ago
Why Your AI Code Review Misses Logic Bugs (and a 4-Step Fix)
You added AI to your code review workflow. It catches unused imports, suggests better variable names,...
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The 3-File Context Kit: Everything Your AI Needs to Understand Your Project
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 5d ago
The 3-File Context Kit: Everything Your AI Needs to Understand Your Project
Every time you start a new AI coding session, you re-explain your project. The stack, the...
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I Tracked Every AI Suggestion for a Week — Here's What I Actually Shipped
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 5d ago
I Tracked Every AI Suggestion for a Week — Here's What I Actually Shipped
Last week I ran an experiment: I logged every AI-generated code suggestion I received and tracked...
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The AI Pair Programming Anti-Patterns: 5 Habits That Slow You Down
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 5d ago
The AI Pair Programming Anti-Patterns: 5 Habits That Slow You Down
You’re using AI to write code. It feels fast. But is it actually saving you time? After six months...
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The Pre-Flight Checklist: 7 Things I Verify Before Sending Any Prompt to Production
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Pre-Flight Checklist: 7 Things I Verify Before Sending Any Prompt to Production
You wouldn't deploy code without running tests. So why are you sending prompts to production without...
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The Scope Lock: A One-Line Prompt Addition That Prevents AI Scope Creep
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Scope Lock: A One-Line Prompt Addition That Prevents AI Scope Creep
You ask the AI to fix a bug. It fixes the bug, refactors the surrounding function, adds error...
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The Blast Radius Check: Measure How Much Damage One AI Change Can Do
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Blast Radius Check: Measure How Much Damage One AI Change Can Do
Every AI coding assistant will happily rewrite your entire module when you ask for a one-line fix....
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The Rollback Prompt: Undo AI Changes Safely Without Losing Context
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Rollback Prompt: Undo AI Changes Safely Without Losing Context
You asked your AI assistant to refactor a module. It did — and broke something. Now you need to undo...
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Why Most AI Code Reviews Miss the Same 3 Bugs (and a Prompt That Catches Them)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
Why Most AI Code Reviews Miss the Same 3 Bugs (and a Prompt That Catches Them)
You paste your code into an AI assistant and ask for a review. It comes back with suggestions about...
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The Token Audit: A 10-Minute Checklist to Cut Your AI Costs by 40%
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Token Audit: A 10-Minute Checklist to Cut Your AI Costs by 40%
If you're using AI assistants daily, you're probably burning tokens you don't need. Not because your...
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5 AI Debugging Questions That Save Me an Hour Every Day
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
5 AI Debugging Questions That Save Me an Hour Every Day
Most developers debug AI output by staring at it and hoping the problem jumps out. That's not...
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The Dependency Firewall: Isolate AI Changes So One Bad Prompt Can't Break Your Build
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Dependency Firewall: Isolate AI Changes So One Bad Prompt Can't Break Your Build
One bad AI-generated change shouldn't cascade through your entire codebase. But without guardrails,...
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The Blast Radius Check: Estimate AI Code Impact Before You Merge
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Blast Radius Check: Estimate AI Code Impact Before You Merge
Every AI-generated code change has a blast radius — the set of things that could break if the change...
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Why Your AI Prompts Break After One Edit (and the Versioning Fix)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
Why Your AI Prompts Break After One Edit (and the Versioning Fix)
You spend 30 minutes crafting the perfect prompt. It works beautifully. Then you tweak one line, and...
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The Scope Lock Prompt: Stop AI From Refactoring Code You Didn't Ask It to Touch
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Scope Lock Prompt: Stop AI From Refactoring Code You Didn't Ask It to Touch
Here's a frustrating pattern: you ask an AI assistant to fix a bug in one function, and it comes back...
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5 Prompt Mistakes That Make AI Generate Worse Code (With Fixes)
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
5 Prompt Mistakes That Make AI Generate Worse Code (With Fixes)
After hundreds of AI-assisted coding sessions, I've noticed the same five mistakes killing output...
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The Canary Test: Run AI-Generated Code in a Sandbox Before It Touches Your Repo
Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago
The Canary Test: Run AI-Generated Code in a Sandbox Before It Touches Your Repo
You wouldn't deploy to production without staging. So why do most developers let AI-generated code...
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