SXSW Tip #1 - Maintain a Working Replica

Microsoft Developer · Intermediate ·🤖 AI Agents & Automation ·9h ago
In this four-part series of One Dev Questions, John Maeda shares his tips from SXSW. Tip #1 - Large codebases can overwhelm AI agents and lead to poor results. John’s tip: create a smaller, working replica of your app that fits within a model’s context window, making it easier to iterate, prompt, and get meaningful output. More info: https://msft.it/6059vDjYU Cozy AI Kitchen: https://msft.it/6050vDjYq
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