Boring work first

The all-or-nothing stance that dominates AI debates is not helpful. Neither of the extreme positions &ldquo;we don&rsquo;t use AI here&rdquo; and &ldquo;we let Claude YOLO all our code&rdquo; is productive. Both avoid having to think about the actual problem: how to use this powerful new tool without breaking the codebase with hundreds of invested man-years? Turns out the answer is obvious: start…