When to start over vs fix: stop patching a tangle

Lesson 4 of talking to it well: the vibe coder's trap is prompting patch-on-patch until the code is a knot. When a fresh spec beats a fifth fix,… Aliteq Sam Ortega · Build Editor

Patching AI code repeatedly leaves layers nobody can safely change

Restart when you've fixed the same thing twice, can't say what the code does, or each fix breaks something

A rewrite is easier the second time, because the patches taught you the real spec

Keep a running note of what a messy piece is supposed to do as you patch it. The moment you've fixed it twice and it's still wrong, stop: paste that note as a spec and ask for a clean rewrite of…

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