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Developer finds AI prompt instruction for verification was not coded

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A developer discovered a gap in their automated article publishing workflow: while the script successfully posted articles to dev.to and returned a URL, it lacked a crucial verification step. The initial prompt included an instruction to "Verify each article is live by fetching its URL," but this was not implemented in the code. The developer contrasts this with a deterministic two-line function that reliably performs checks, highlighting that a prompt instruction is merely a request, whereas code execution is the actual verification. AI

IMPACT Highlights the critical difference between instructing an AI and ensuring a verifiable code-based check is performed.

RANK_REASON Developer reflects on a gap in their own automated workflow, contrasting prompt instructions with actual code implementation.

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Developer finds AI prompt instruction for verification was not coded

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Enjoy Kumawat ·

    The Difference Between a Verification Step and a Reminder to Do One

    <p>A post trending on dev.to this week made a claim that stuck with me: a two-line deterministic function caught something an AI reviewer missed, because the function couldn't be talked out of checking. That's a clean argument and I believe it, but it also made me go looking for …

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