Why AI gives vague debugging answers — and how to fix it with better prompts

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Here's a scenario most Python developers have hit. A Celery task works perfectly in local development. Works in staging. Fails in production - 5% of requests, no obvious pattern. It fails intermittently — maybe 5% of requests — with no obvious pattern. The error: DetachedInstanceError: Instance is…

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1. 2026-09-21 06:00 · DEV Community — AI
   Why AI gives vague debugging answers — and how to fix it with better prompts