Code Room
Vibe codingHardvc-g387
Subject Ai system comprehensionLevel Senior–Staff~20 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

You're new to a 200k-line Python monolith and ask an AI agent to map the request lifecycle so you can safely move authentication into middleware. The agent produces a clean call graph and concludes "auth happens only in the decorator @require_login on each view, so centralizing it in middleware is a safe, mechanical move." What do you do before you trust that map and start the refactor?

What a strong answer looks like

Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it — tests, edge cases, reading critically — and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.

Describe your solution

Vibe coding: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach. Generating runnable code from your description is coming next.

Run or narrate your approach, then ask the coach.