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title: "Discussion on \"Defeating the Pink Elephant Effect in Coding Agents: 25+ Negative 'NEVER DO X' Rules vs. 1 Positive Golden Code Template (2.85x Faster)\" | Hashnode"
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# [Defeating the Pink Elephant Effect in Coding Agents: 25+ Negative 'NEVER DO X' Rules vs. 1 Positive Golden Code Template (2.85x Faster)](https://tappers.hashnode.dev/e24-positive-fewshot-template?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

💡 AI Labo Benchmark Series — Experiment E24 (Prompt Hygiene & Affirmative Guides) This post is part of our empirical benchmark series testing AI coding agent harness patterns inside network-isolated

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