# Four Habits for Shipping Software with AI Agents

DevFeed: [Four Habits for Shipping Software with AI Agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-i-actually-ship-with-ai-every-day-28981.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://codingwithroby.substack.com/p/how-i-actually-ship-with-ai-every>)

Author: Eric Roby

Published: 2026-04-28T12:25:25Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Eric Roby](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eric-roby.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>), [Error Handling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/error-handling.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/context.md>), [error-handling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-handling.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

A backend engineer shares lessons from using AI agents daily: provide strong context, verify generated work by running code and testing edge cases, and plan for context loss when conversations reset or reach limits. The article argues that effective AI-assisted development requires active engineering judgment rather than blind trust.

## Source excerpt

The four habits that separate engineers who ship from engineers who just generate code