AI Coding Assistants
When Not to Use an AI Coding Assistant
A practical checklist for PHP and WordPress developers on when writing the code yourself beats prompting an AI assistant, and why.
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AI Coding Assistants
Writing AI Coding Prompts That Produce Reviewable Code
How to phrase a coding request so the AI's output is a small, checkable diff instead of an impressive one you cannot verify in…
AI Coding Assistants
Who Owns the Code an AI Wrote for You?
The current US position on AI-generated code copyright, why creative input matters, and why this is not the same answer everywhere. Not legal advice.
AI Coding Assistants
Giving an AI Assistant the Right Amount of Codebase Context
Why an AI assistant keeps ignoring your conventions, what to actually feed it as context, and the drift problem that shows up months later.
AI Coding Assistants
AI Coding Assistants and Your API Keys: A Security Checklist
AI assistants read your whole workspace, .env files included. Here is what to exclude, what to rotate, and how to tell if a key…
AI Coding Assistants
Working With an AI Coding Assistant: Trust Nothing
A practitioner's guide to using GitHub Copilot, Cursor or Claude Code daily without getting burned. What to verify, what to ignore, what actually fails.