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Shipping AI-written code that survives review.

Field articles for engineers using Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and other AI assistants — on the failure modes that matter and the gates that catch them.

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Aug 2026 · 4 min

What is an AI CI gate — and why your repo needs one

The simple guide to the category: a required check that reviews AI-written code on every pull request and blocks the merge when something is wrong. What it does, the five-line GitHub setup, and what you get.

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Aug 2026 · 8 min

OpenClaw's trust problem, answered

341 malicious skills, Atomic Stealer credential theft, 13.4% of ClawHub skills carrying critical flaws. Each top OpenClaw complaint mapped Problem → Feature → Advantage → Benefit, with real Verificate verdicts catching the exact failures.

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Aug 2026 · 8 min

Vibe code → production: the checklist

Your AI-built MVP demos perfectly — from Lovable, Bolt, v0 or ChatGPT. The five defect classes that kill vibe-coded launches, and the automated senior review that replaces the dev team you don't have.

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Aug 2026 · 6 min

Take your Lovable app to production

Sync to GitHub, gate every change through a senior review with veto power, launch without hiring. The workflow, the standing rule, and what the gate catches in app code.

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Aug 2026 · 4 min

Gate AI-written code inside ChatGPT

Developer mode lets ChatGPT call a validation gate directly. The 2-minute custom-connector setup, and the habit that makes every snippet survive review before you paste it.

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Aug 2026 · 4 min

Give Manus a senior engineer

Manus builds whole products autonomously — with no review layer. Add a custom MCP server and every line it writes passes a veto-empowered gate, with catches reported back to you.

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Aug 2026 · 6 min

The best MCP servers for AI code review in 2026

Linter wrappers, BYO-key relays and review gates with authority: an honest map of the code-quality shelf, and how to choose for Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf.

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Aug 2026 · 5 min

Vibe coding needs a merge gate

Vibe coding isn't the problem - merging it unreviewed is. Hard rules for Claude Code and Cursor that gate every AI-written change, with a one-paste setup prompt.

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Jul 2026 · 7 min

How to catch AI-hallucinated code before it ships

Invented SDK calls, faked refund paths, mocks in the wire path — the four shapes hallucinated code takes, and the two-pass gate architecture that catches them.

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Jul 2026 · 6 min

How to add a code-review gate to Claude Code with an MCP server

The five-minute setup: wire a veto-empowered validation server into Claude Code, Cursor or Windsurf, and make gating the default with a standing project rule.

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Jul 2026 · 7 min

Why AI coding assistants miss deep performance bugs

N+1 storms, scalability cliffs, blocking hot paths: why self-review can't see them, and what independent review with production arithmetic looks like.

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Jul 2026 · 6 min

Use smaller, cheaper AI coding models — safely

Enforce quality at review instead of assuming it at generation, and the choice of model becomes a cost decision, not a risk decision. A three-week migration path.

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