The Agent Edits a Generated File That Gets Overwritten on the Next Build
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Quick answer: If a file is produced by a generator, any hand edit inside it is borrowed time. The next build rewrites the file from its source of truth and the edit vanishes, often silently, leaving a bug that was "fixed" twice. The first thing an AI agent should identify before touching a file is…
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- 2026-10-30 06:53 · DEV Community — AI
The Agent Edits a Generated File That Gets Overwritten on the Next Build