Brain Sandwich: human understanding and review bracket AI coding
What happened
On October 18, Hacker News' front page covered Brain Sandwich, a collaborative coding method used by engineer Emily: a person understands the problem first, AI executes, and a person reviews the result. Before starting an AI agent, the developer reads the relevant material and forms a rough direction, so the work doesn't drift toward the wrong or an unnecessary problem. Before handing work to someone else to review, the developer reads the diff, judges whether the change's complexity is reasonable, and completes the PR description. If you can't explain what changed and why, it isn't ready for review.
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- Hacker News front pageThe Brain Sandwich
工程师 Emily 使用 Brain Sandwich 方法协作编码，流程是先自己理解问题，再交给 AI 执行，最后自己审查结果。启动 AI 智能体前先阅读并形成大致方向，以免被带向错误或无须解决的问题。提交他人审查前，应阅读 diff、判断复杂度是否合理并完善 PR 描述；如果无法解释改了什么以及为什么改，就还没准备好交给别人审查。
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