Every anti-pattern in this post felt reasonable in the moment. Nobody skips the spec because they’re lazy — they skip it because the deadline is close and the AI is right there waiting. The failures that follow are predictable. Here’s how to recognise and prevent them.
The difference between mediocre and great results from agentic AI is almost entirely in how you communicate — not what you ask for. Here’s the daily workflow that separates teams that struggle from teams that genuinely benefit.
The fastest way to waste time with agentic AI is telling it what to build without telling it what you mean. The fix isn’t a better prompt. It’s a spec. Here’s the seven-step lifecycle that consistently produces good results.
Most developers skip the briefing. They open a session, fire off a task, and wonder why the output doesn’t match how their team actually works. The fix is simpler than it looks — and you only have to do it once.
Part 1 of The Agentic AI Playbook Series Navigation: Most people who say they’ve tried AI-assisted development haven’t tried agentic AI. They’ve tried a smarter autocomplete. It’s a completely different thing, and conflating the two is the reason so many teams write off the technology before they’ve understood it. GitHub Copilot suggests a line. You accept or reject.… Read More »