9 sessions on Vite with a coding agent: the agent failed at least once in 7, and 1 finished without a human stepping in.
Takeaway: Next time I'd open with the hardware constraints up front — the USB-OTG direct-connect dead end cost real time before we found the powered-hub workaround, and I should've mentioned the DSP needs a hub from the start.
Takeaway: Next time I'd paste the actual CLAUDE.MD requirements (RemixJS) into the very first prompt instead of assuming the agent read it correctly — that one missed instruction cost the most time, especially once it started patching node_modules to fight Windows file locks.
Takeaway: Next time I'd open with the F-Droid reproducibility requirement up front — building esbuild and Rollup from source was the right call, but I'd ask for it before writing any UI polish, since it reshaped the whole recipe.
Takeaway: Next time I'd put the actual framework name in the first prompt instead of relying on the agent to read CLAUDE.MD correctly - that Remix mixup cost a lot of time patching node_modules on Windows.
Takeaway: Next time I'd ask for spaced repetition, tags, stats, keyboard shortcuts, and duplicate-safe import/export all in the first prompt instead of adding them one round at a time, since each pass required re-reading the whole file.
Takeaway: In my first prompt I'd point directly at PLAN.md's existing sections and ask the agent to read it fully before touching the codebase, since most of the session was just exploration to understand the plan's structure and conventions.
Takeaway: Next time I'd paste the mockup screenshot and point at the exact file up front, like I did here — that's what let the agent build an accurate diff table before touching code.
Takeaway: Next time I'd tell it upfront to write the plan straight to a local markdown file instead of publishing a hosted artifact, since those links kept dying with 451 errors and wasted a lot of back-and-forth.
Takeaway: Next time I'd say upfront whether I want an interactive prototype or actual drawn sketches — the back-and-forth over 'нарисуй эскизы' vs the HTML mockup cost real time.