I’ve spoken to over 50 people 1:1 over the last several months to better understand how they code with AI.

It’s an absolute mess.

Here are the top 8 mistakes I see.

0:00 - Intro
1:19 - Mistake 1: Talking to 2026 models like they’re 2025 models
2:43 - Mistake 2: Devising funky metaphorical factories to orchestrate your agents
3:59 - Mistake 3: Treating context as sacred
6:02 - Mistake 4: Treating previous conversations as sacred
7:59 - Mistake 5: Having a todo list
10:00 - Mistake 6: Using funky tools
13:47 - Mistake 7: Stressing over code quality
24:27 - Mistake 8: Using branches and worktrees