Characterize the Mess First, Then Make One Safe Change
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A messy pricing helper is a common place where coding agents overreach, because the file looks small and the tests look green. Consider a labeled brownfield example: quoteTotal.js mixes tax flags, coupon fallbacks, and a loyalty multiplier that three checkout paths already call differently. An agen…
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- 2026-09-05 19:45 · DEV Community — AI
Characterize the Mess First, Then Make One Safe Change