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## AI Coding Tip 038 - Make the AI Ask Before It Builds

DevFeed: [AI Coding Tip 038 - Make the AI Ask Before It Builds](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-coding-tip-038-make-the-ai-ask-before-it-builds-61496.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hackernoon.com/ai-coding-tip-038-make-the-ai-ask-before-it-builds?source=rss>)

Author: Maxi Contieri

Published: 2026-09-28T16:02:30Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [HackerNoon](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/hackernoon.md>)

Topics: [agentic workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-workflows.md>), [human-in-the-loop UX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/human-in-the-loop-ux.md>)

Tags: [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [ai-pair-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-pair-programming.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [devin-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devin-ai.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [prompt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt.md>), [prompt-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt-engineering.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [spec-driven-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spec-driven-development.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [under](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/under.md>)

### AI overview

The article recommends pausing AI coding before implementation to surface and answer unstated choices such as the language, framework, database, hosting, and authentication. It describes Devin's command and suggests prompting other AI assistants to ask structured questions first, arguing that this can prevent costly rewrites.

### Source excerpt

Force the AI to ask about the decisions you left out before it builds anything (/megaplan).