track: talking to it well

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Stop prompting patch-on-patch — sometimes a fresh spec beats a fifth fix

The vibe-coder trap is fixing AI code until it's a knot. When a clean rewrite wins over another patch, shown with a real before-and-after and a simple rule for deciding.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 5 min

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You're paying for the smartest model to rename a button

Most AI tools let you pick a model, and the wrong pick burns time and money. When a fast, cheap model is plenty, and when a slow, thinking one earns its keep.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 5 min

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The AI says "I fixed the login." Here's how to check what it actually changed

You don't need to write code to vibe code, but you do need to read it. Three things to look for in a diff — logged secrets, scope creep, silent data changes. Try reading one.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 5 min

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The AI's first answer is a draft, not a verdict — make it attack its own code

The habit that separates people who ship safe apps from people who ship bugs: generate, then ask the model to break what it just wrote. Shown with a real before-and-after.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 5 min

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The words you add to a prompt are the product — watch one go from vague to shippable

The single biggest upgrade to vibe coding is treating a prompt as a spec. See the same request go vague → specific → constrained, with the real code each version produced. Try building one.

Aliteq Team · Sep 26 · 5 min