AI coding agents optimize for the shortest path to a working artifact, which means silently skipping specs, tests, security reviews, and the practices senior engineers bring to production work. The fix isn't better prompting — it's structured workflows that enforce discipline as the default rather than the exception. Without that scaffolding, 'working code' and 'correct code' diverge fast.
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