5 min readUpdated Aug 6, 2026Beginner
Common Mistakes
Learn about Common Mistakes in this comprehensive lesson.
Avoid these traps when using AI to code:
- **Blind Acceptance:** Never blindly accept a Cmd+K diff without reading it. The AI can hallucinate variables that do not exist.
- **Lazy Prompts:** "Fix this" is a bad prompt. "Fix the null pointer exception when user array is empty" is a good prompt.
- **Ignoring Architecture:** Cursor is smart, but it cannot design a scalable microservices architecture for you. You must drive the high-level design.