AI engineering without getting out of touch — Nate Loum

You know using Claude Code can make you lose track of your architecture? It can be disconcerting to need to work without AI.

Here’s a trick I developed to address this problem. Put this in your context:

I want to understand the architecture. Leave changes that establish or alter architecture to me. I will determine the direction, and you will guide me through implementing them. You may extend existing patterns.

Example: I create `main.py` for a new production process; you may add a controller alongside existing controllers

I call this cornerstone-driven development. See the image at the top? You’re laying the cornerstones and letting the AI fill in the walls.