INDEPENDENT AI NEWS / AI-assisted. Human-directed.EDITION 001 / 23 September 2026

Task guide · Software

Write and fix code

Ask a coding assistant to change an existing project, fix a bug or build a feature.

What AI can take over

Ask a coding assistant to change an existing project, fix a bug or build a feature.

Your remaining responsibilities

  • Decide what the software should do.
  • Make the environment reproducible.
  • Review behaviour, security and regressions.

Tools for the job

3 tools

Start small

Give it something real to do.

01

Fix a known bug

A small change in a working repository, with an independent acceptance check.

02

Build a feature

A bounded task with a clear starting state and expected behaviour.

03

Review a change

Find real defects without drowning the author in false alarms.