ManualMode field notes
Keep the judgment AI makes easy to skip.
Practical playbooks for reading, testing, debugging, and owning AI-assisted code. Written for engineers, not search bots.
One operating loop
- 01Read the contract before the patch.
- 02Turn a suspicion into test evidence.
- 03Make the smallest safe correction.
Start here
Useful, original guidance.
New material ships only when product evidence or repeated engineer questions justify it.
01Project ModeHow to practice manual coding in your own projectsReserve useful repository work for yourself without uploading source or asking your coding agent to invent busywork.6 min02Code ownershipVibe coding without losing code ownershipUse coding agents for speed while keeping the contract, verification, failure recovery, and rollback decisions in human hands.7 min03Verification playbookAI code review checklist: verify generated code before it shipsReview contracts, edge cases, state ownership, tests, and failure paths before accepting a plausible AI patch.6 min04Testing playbookHow to test AI-generated code before mergingDerive tests from the contract, attack plausible failure modes, review generated tests, and leave evidence another engineer can audit.7 min05Coding fitnessAI coding skill decay: what to measure and how to recoverMeasure retained ability through behavior, train the weakest signal, and keep AI as the spotter rather than the lifter.5 min
Turn reading into evidence