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Guides and deep dives.

How-to guides, pattern breakdowns, and project updates.

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CodeRabbit vs aislop: AI Review and Deterministic Gates

CodeRabbit combines AI review with 50+ static tools. aislop is a focused deterministic scanner. Compare their overlap, workflows, and tradeoffs.

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SonarQube and aislop: Where Their AI Code Gates Differ

SonarQube offers broad AI Code Assurance. aislop is a focused local scanner for generated-code hygiene. Compare their overlap, differences, and fit.

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Swallowed Exceptions: How Silent Failures Reach Production

Empty catches and log-and-continue paths can leave systems in an unexpected state. Learn how to review, test, and detect swallowed exceptions.

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Opinion reads

A prompt is a suggestion. A CI gate is a guardrail.

A prompt can guide an agent, but an enforced check is what keeps standards visible in the workflow.

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Tutorial reads

Quality Gates for AI Coding: Add One in 2 Minutes

How to add a quality gate for AI coding: run a baseline, add a reproducible GitHub Actions job, and introduce a threshold without blocking the team on legacy findings.

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Code Quality Tools in 2026: How to Choose, Not Rank

Compare code quality tools and AI code quality tools: SonarQube, GitHub Code Quality, CodeRabbit, Greptile, Qodo, Copilot, and aislop. Choose by job, not a generic best list.

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Reference reads

High-Quality AI Coding Standards: 10 Rules Teams Can Enforce

Ten enforceable standards for AI-assisted code: scope, small patches, validation, error handling, dependencies, tests, complexity, cleanup, and handoff.

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AI Code Quality Statistics 2026: What the Evidence Shows

Five current studies on AI-authored code, code slop, review capacity, and automated review—plus the limitations teams should understand before quoting them.

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Opinion reads

Vibe coding, done right

Letting the agent drive is a cheat code. It is also how you ship five unrelated files full of slop at 2am. Here is how we vibe-code without shipping the slop.

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Opinion reads

AGENTS.md is a sign on the wall. Agents don't read signs.

AGENTS.md is not enough. You have to hold your agent accountable. AGENTS.md is the WHAT. aislop rules are the HOW. aislop ci is the GATE. aislop fix --agent is the LOOP. Four layers, none optional.

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