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Follow the plan to the letter

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AI coding assistants wander off the plan the moment you stop watching closely — most people just live with it.

Nico Lafakis's fix: plan with the stronger model, then tell the builder to "follow the plan to the letter." What that changes, in his words: "you remove the wandering."

If your own agent keeps drifting mid-build, that's the one line to add.

Full clip: https://valuefirststudios.com/media/episode/vf-ai-daily-2026-09-11

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