Nudging with Questions: Why Telling Your AI What to Fix Triggers an Apology Death Spiral (And How to Advance Juniors)
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What I learned mentoring juniors for four decades seems to apply to today's agentic coding. "The true goal of mentoring is never to supply the answer. It is to point the flashlight into the dark corner of the state space and let the student discover the monster for themselves." — Randal L. Schwartz…
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- 2026-10-03 18:27 · DEV Community — AI
Nudging with Questions: Why Telling Your AI What to Fix Triggers an Apology Death Spiral (And How to Advance Juniors)