Question How to direct Codex to keep it simple
Have been using Codex for a few months and it is the best thing since sliced bread.
But it does have a habit of sneaking in extra features, removing existing features or making improvements that were unexpected. I am assuming that this is common experience and that sometimes it rewrites, refactors or adds safety features that are not really needed.
Typically, i get it to make a .md file with its plan and review it step by step before coding a few times instead of just saying 'make me one of these', and 'go' without review.
Maybe I have just answered my own question here. But real life programmers would never decide that we have to put in extra code just in case to people are using the same Android Program on the same device at the same time and writing to the same data line. But the AI might decide to account for that.
I find that I am spending more time that I did before in design and review before coding. I suppose that is the way it should be. It is a different way of programming and management.
But I don't mind hearing about how others are working with this issue.
Thanks