We Use AI to Enforce Patterns, Not Generate Solutions
Guardrails over guesses. We are deliberate about how we use AI. We do not ask it to invent solutions. We ask it to follow patterns. Patterns Encode Experience Patterns exist because something worked. They represent lessons learned, mistakes avoided, and decisions made. AI is very good at following rules. It is less good at choosing them. Patterns are distilled experience. A retry pattern with exponential backoff exists because someone learned the hard way that constant retries overwhelm systems. A specific logging format exists because it makes debugging easier. A particular testing structure exists because it catches common mistakes. ...