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  • CSS Primer for the AI Era
  • 05. When AI Suggests a Refactor (How to Decide What to Accept)
  • 02. How AI Sees Code (and What It Cannot See)
  • 19. When AI Overgeneralizes (How to Bring the Work Back to the Specific)
  • 16. When AI Over‑Explains (How to Bring the Work Back to Clarity)
  • 11. When AI Misunderstands a Pattern (How to Correct the Shape and Preserve the Intent)
  • 06. Safe Refactoring — How to Guide AI Toward Minimal, Predictable Changes
  • 35. When AI Misreads the Context of the Change (How to Keep the Work Aligned With the Situation Around It)
  • 32. When AI Misreads the Intent of the Code (How to Keep the Work Aligned With What the Code Is For)
  • 26. When AI Misreads the Level of Risk (How to Keep Changes Safe and Proportionate)
  • 34. When AI Misreads the History of the Code (How to Keep the Work Aligned With Why the Code Became What It Is)
  • 31. When AI Misreads the Boundaries (How to Keep Components Separate and Responsibilities Clear)
  • 25. When AI Over‑Documents (How to Keep Comments Useful, Minimal, and Honest)
  • 24. When AI Over‑Explains the Obvious (How to Keep the Work Focused and Respectful of the Reader)
  • 20. When AI Over‑Corrects (How to Keep the Work Stable and Minimal)
  • 23. When AI Invents a Convention (How to Keep the System Grounded in Reality)
  • 18. When AI Misjudges Priority (How to Keep the Work Aligned With What Matters)
  • 30. When AI Misreads the Dependencies (How to Keep the Work Coherent Across the System)
  • 27. When AI Misreads the Cost of Change (How to Keep the Work Efficient and Sustainable)
  • 28. When AI Misreads the Impact of a Change (How to Keep the Work Focused on What Actually Improves the System)
  • 29. When AI Misreads the Stability of a Change (How to Keep the Work Future‑Proof and Maintainable)
  • 33. When AI Misreads the Constraints (How to Keep the Work Within the Real Limits of the System)
  • 21. When AI Misreads the Audience (How to Match the Explanation to the Reader)
  • 14. When AI Invents Features (How to Prevent Hallucinated Behavior)
  • 13. When AI Breaks the Architecture (How to Re‑Assert the System’s Rules)
  • 15. When AI Misreads Intent (How to Re‑Center the Goal)
  • 09. When AI Gets Lost (How to Reset, Re‑Anchor, and Regain Control)
  • 12. When AI Over‑Refactors (How to Restore Simplicity)
  • 22. When AI Misses the Hidden Dependency (How to Reveal What the System Relies On)
  • 17. When AI Misses the Edge Case (How to Reveal the Hidden Risk)
  • 04. Temporary Hacks (Like !important) — How to Use Them Without Creating Noise
  • 36. Closing — Working With Existing Code Is an Act of Stewardship
  • 01. Preface: This is a long topic, but easy to read
  • 03. Showing AI the Right Parts of the Code (and Only the Right Parts)
  • 10. When AI Misunderstands the System (How to Reveal the Missing Context)
  • 07. Working With Legacy Code (How to Guide AI Through Older Patterns)
  • 08. Working With Themes and Plugins (How to Keep AI Inside the Boundaries)
  • 01. Preface: This is a long topic, but easy to read
  • 02. How AI Sees Code (and What It Cannot See)
  • 03. Showing AI the Right Parts of the Code (and Only the Right Parts)
  • 04. Temporary Hacks (Like !important) — How to Use Them Without Creating Noise
  • 05. When AI Suggests a Refactor (How to Decide What to Accept)
  • 06. Safe Refactoring — How to Guide AI Toward Minimal, Predictable Changes
  • 07. Working With Legacy Code (How to Guide AI Through Older Patterns)
  • 08. Working With Themes and Plugins (How to Keep AI Inside the Boundaries)
  • 09. When AI Gets Lost (How to Reset, Re‑Anchor, and Regain Control)
  • 10. When AI Misunderstands the System (How to Reveal the Missing Context)
  • 11. When AI Misunderstands a Pattern (How to Correct the Shape and Preserve the Intent)
  • 12. When AI Over‑Refactors (How to Restore Simplicity)
  • 13. When AI Breaks the Architecture (How to Re‑Assert the System’s Rules)
  • 14. When AI Invents Features (How to Prevent Hallucinated Behavior)
  • 15. When AI Misreads Intent (How to Re‑Center the Goal)
  • 16. When AI Over‑Explains (How to Bring the Work Back to Clarity)
  • 17. When AI Misses the Edge Case (How to Reveal the Hidden Risk)
  • 18. When AI Misjudges Priority (How to Keep the Work Aligned With What Matters)
  • 19. When AI Overgeneralizes (How to Bring the Work Back to the Specific)
  • 20. When AI Over‑Corrects (How to Keep the Work Stable and Minimal)
  • 21. When AI Misreads the Audience (How to Match the Explanation to the Reader)
  • 22. When AI Misses the Hidden Dependency (How to Reveal What the System Relies On)
  • 23. When AI Invents a Convention (How to Keep the System Grounded in Reality)
  • 24. When AI Over‑Explains the Obvious (How to Keep the Work Focused and Respectful of the Reader)
  • 25. When AI Over‑Documents (How to Keep Comments Useful, Minimal, and Honest)
  • 26. When AI Misreads the Level of Risk (How to Keep Changes Safe and Proportionate)
  • 27. When AI Misreads the Cost of Change (How to Keep the Work Efficient and Sustainable)
  • 28. When AI Misreads the Impact of a Change (How to Keep the Work Focused on What Actually Improves the System)
  • 29. When AI Misreads the Stability of a Change (How to Keep the Work Future‑Proof and Maintainable)
  • 30. When AI Misreads the Dependencies (How to Keep the Work Coherent Across the System)
  • 31. When AI Misreads the Boundaries (How to Keep Components Separate and Responsibilities Clear)
  • 32. When AI Misreads the Intent of the Code (How to Keep the Work Aligned With What the Code Is For)
  • 33. When AI Misreads the Constraints (How to Keep the Work Within the Real Limits of the System)
  • 34. When AI Misreads the History of the Code (How to Keep the Work Aligned With Why the Code Became What It Is)
  • 35. When AI Misreads the Context of the Change (How to Keep the Work Aligned With the Situation Around It)
  • 36. Closing — Working With Existing Code Is an Act of Stewardship
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