When you need to change an existing project
For a defect or refactor, prepare reproduction evidence and acceptance criteria. Investigate before editing when the cause is unknown. The comparison guides focus on piloting equivalent tasks and reviewing the route to an accepted patch, rather than declaring a universal performance winner.
When you need to choose the operating setup
Decide whether the main need is terminal-driven work or continuous editor assistance. Configurable model access also creates configuration and billing responsibilities. Use the product guides to inspect the working loop and the cost guides to separate fixed fees, variable usage and maintenance.
When data handling or authority matters
Data destinations and action authority are separate requirements. Even local inference needs verification of auxiliary features and integrations. The permissions guide separates investigation, editing, execution and release; the local-model guide covers hardware and network behavior as part of the complete configuration.
Before accepting a result
Verify explainability and handoff as well as visible functionality. Review test expectations, database compatibility and deployed behavior in sequence. Completing one contained task gives you stronger adoption evidence than generating a large volume of changes without knowing which ones remain maintainable.
- Using AI for refactoring without changing behavior
- Claude Code vs Cline: supervision and model access
- Evaluating local models for coding: hardware, data paths and useful work
- Designing coding-agent permissions for investigation, edits and releases
- Generating unit tests with AI: expected behavior and boundary cases
- Reviewing AI-generated database migrations before release
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