Learn/L14 · AI Coding Workflow

Review as a non-dev

Read function names, types, and side effects. If you can't tell what changes, ask.

Difficulty 2/5

Short

Plain English

Read function names, types, and side effects. If you can't tell what changes, ask. Picture it like this: Reading a contract: defined terms and obligations. In the apps you ship (Agentify, wedding portals, CRM), you will bump into this on almost every screen — name it clearly when you prompt your coding agent.

Analogy

Reading a contract: defined terms and obligations.

Go deeper

Read function names, types, and side effects. If you can't tell what changes, ask.

Common mistakes

Letting the AI rename this concept three different ways in one PR.
Building UI before you can say what is stored and who can change it.

AI-agent trap

Agents may invent jargon here. Ask them to explain the concept in plain English first, then map it to your schema and one real screen.

Summary

Read function names, types, and side effects. If you can't tell what changes, ask. Reading a contract: defined terms and obligations. Ask yourself: where does this live in the database, which function changes it, and which screen shows it?

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