Commits and Conflicts

Conflict Resolution

Take the Break

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Inspired by Episode 9: On Timeout

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Paul is paying a subscription to be grounded. He might as well use the time.

A productive timeout

  1. Review the last session’s diff properly, start to finish.
  2. Run the full test suite and note anything flaky.
  3. Write down what worked and what didn’t, so the next session starts smarter.
  4. Draft the next prompt, with scope, context and a definition of done, ready to paste.

Fast sessions create code; slow moments make sure it’s good. You need both, and the timeout just scheduled the second one for you.

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