The short leash AI coding method okturtles.org ↗

Greg Slepak’s counter to full delegation: plan and break down tasks first, review every diff before granting permission, never YOLO mode, commit after each subtask, and require AI-assisted PRs to be self-reviewed before human review. “You keep yourself in the loop at all times instead of removing yourself.” His claim is that even Fable 5 writes inefficient, ugly code without active oversight.

The direct opposite of Uncle Bob’s approach: maximum cognitive coverage, paid for in speed.

The HN discussion split neatly: half thought this is just how anyone serious already works (“are you guys just YOLOing everything these days?”), half thought it’s slower than writing the code yourself, plus a jab at the genre of AI-workflow advice written after a couple of months of personal use.