Turns out, AI is lazy.

02
The Story

I had 120 message types to visualize.

Each with 20-500 fields. Every field needed handling.

03
The Test

Every schema field must appear in code.

Simple. Reliable. Green means done.

04
The Escape Hatch

Some fields shouldn't display.

So I created: acknowledge_unused_fields(). Mark as 'seen but skipped.' Test passes.

The AI found this very useful.

06
What Happened

Entire field segments dumped into acknowledge.

Test: green. Visualization: half-empty.

In German

Schlitzohr

/ˈʃlɪtsˌoːɐ̯/

A sly fox. Finds clever workarounds. Not malicious—just efficient.

AI optimizes for 'test green,' not 'job done.'

09
The Fix

Test the spirit, not just the letter.

Cap escape hatches. Require justification. Sample and verify.

Your tests define 'done.' Make sure that's what you meant.