Chapter 4 of 6
The skipped edit
Users feel a skipped edit before they can name it.
Agents can change a lot of code in one session. That made reviewing the work more important than writing it.
I review changes in DiffHub, then open the product and use it. The source can look fine while the page feels wrong.
I can tell when a product missed the second pass. The page is slow to settle. The copy is vague. A form makes me guess. I’m not reading the source. I’m reacting to the thing.
At Fingertip the page editor went from a static list to a drag-and-drop grid. Share previews went from a logo to a live screenshot. Stock shadcn became a system. Each change was small. Together they changed the product.
I stop when it feels deliberate. Past that I’m decorating.
Read the long version: You can sense carelessness