Jeel Vankhede

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Practical engineering notes from building software, tools, and AI-assisted workflows.

Ahmedabad, IndiaJoined May 2026

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JVJeel Vankhedejeelvankhede.hashnode.dev1h ago · 6 min read

The Agent Did Not Drift. I Did.

The agent paused. It was waiting for me. I was not used to that. Every AI tool I had worked with before would fill the gap. Ask it to implement a feature and it would implement the feature, then the n

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JVJeel Vankhedejeelvankhede.hashnode.dev6d ago · 5 min read

The Plan Blocked Me. That Was the Correct Outcome.

The brief was approved. Scope defined, questions closed, acceptance criteria written. The obvious move was to start building. I ran the Plan phase first. Planning and the Plan phase are not the same t

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JVJeel Vankhedejeelvankhede.hashnode.devJun 19 · 6 min read

An AI Agent Is a Hammer. The Think Phase Is Where You Aim It.

The agent runs. The code appears. The feature is not what I wanted. Not because the model was wrong. Because I was vague. Speed Was Never the Moat Before AI could write a single line of code, the best

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JVJeel Vankhedejeelvankhede.hashnode.devJun 15 · 5 min read

The Agent Did Exactly What I Asked And That Was the Problem.

Back in 2022, working with an AI coding assistant meant keeping a browser tab open. You typed a question. You got a code block. You figured out where it belonged. That was it. The suggestions were use

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JVJeel Vankhedejeelvankhede.hashnode.devJun 11 · 5 min read

Open the PR your reviewer has not met yet

I got a PR to review recently. Large diff, AI-assisted, touching a module three other features depended on. The description was one sentence. It named the file, not the reason. I spent fifteen minutes

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The Agent Did Not Drift. I Did.

The Plan Blocked Me. That Was the Correct Outcome.

An AI Agent Is a Hammer. The Think Phase Is Where You Aim It.

The Agent Did Exactly What I Asked And That Was the Problem.

Open the PR your reviewer has not met yet

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The Agent Did Not Drift. I Did.

The Plan Blocked Me. That Was the Correct Outcome.

An AI Agent Is a Hammer. The Think Phase Is Where You Aim It.

The Agent Did Exactly What I Asked And That Was the Problem.

Open the PR your reviewer has not met yet