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Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

Why Most AI Code Reviews Miss the Same 3 Bugs (and a Prompt That Catches Them)

I've reviewed hundreds of AI-generated pull requests. The same three bug categories slip through...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Token Audit: A 10-Minute Checklist to Cut Your AI Costs by 40%

Last month I looked at my API bill and realized I was burning tokens on context that didn't matter....

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

5 AI Debugging Questions That Save Me an Hour Every Day

When AI-generated code doesn't work, most developers do the same thing: paste the error back and say...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Dependency Firewall: Isolate AI Changes So One Bad Prompt Can't Break Your Build

You've been there: you ask your AI assistant to refactor one function, and suddenly three unrelated...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The One-Shot Migration Prompt: Move Legacy Code Without Breaking Tests

Migrating legacy code is the task developers dread most. It's tedious, risky, and feels like defusing...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Exit Criteria Pattern: Know When to Stop Iterating with AI

Here's a pattern I see constantly: a developer asks AI to refactor a function, gets a decent result,...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Rubber Duck Prompt: Debug AI Output by Making It Explain Every Decision

You know the rubber duck debugging technique — explain your code to an inanimate object and the bug...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The 3-Prompt Rule: Why Limiting AI Turns Produces Better Code

Here's a counterintuitive trick: the fewer prompts you send, the better your AI-generated code...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Review Gate Pattern: Auto-Check AI Output Before It Hits Your Branch

You asked your AI assistant to add a caching layer. It generated 200 lines of clean code. You skimmed...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Context Handshake: How to Onboard AI to a Legacy Codebase in 10 Minutes

You open a chat with your AI assistant, paste 2,000 lines of legacy code, and type "refactor this."...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

Prompt Unit Tests: 3 Bash Scripts That Catch Regressions Before Deploy

You changed one line in your system prompt and broke three downstream features. No tests caught it...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 1w ago

The Checkpoint Pattern: Save and Resume Long AI Coding Sessions

You’re three hours into an AI-assisted refactoring session. The context window is stuffed. You ask...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2w ago

7 Signs Your AI Prompt Is Too Long (and How to Fix Each One)

Longer prompts don't mean better results. In fact, after working with LLMs daily for the past year,...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2w ago

The Debug-First AI Workflow: Why I Make My Assistant Break Things on Purpose

Most people use AI assistants to write code. I've started using mine to break code first. It sounds...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 2w ago

The Context Budget Pattern: Keep LLMs Fast Without Losing the Plot

You've hit the wall. Your AI assistant knows everything about your project — and now it's slow,...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 3w ago

Verification Loops for AI Coding: Make the Model Test Before You Review

Verification Loops for AI Coding: Make the Model Test Before You Review One of the most...

Dev.to · Nova Elvaris 3w ago

The Decision Packet Pattern: Get Better AI Answers With Less Back-and-Forth

When an assistant gives a weak answer, the instinct is to ask again: add another sentence, clarify...