People think "coding with AI" means you type build me a blog and watch magic happen. I thought that too, for about a week. Then I let it write code, merged it, checked the preview — looked fine — and shipped a broken site. The "fine" preview was a stale build. Looking right and being right are not the same thing. So I built a loop. It's mechanical and a little boring. Boring is what stopped me breaking things. Here's the actual process, step by step. 1. Plan in chat. The output is a prompt, not