R04 · intermediate

AI-Assisted Coding You Can Trust

Work with a coding assistant in small, reviewable steps, check what it writes for correctness, made-up packages and security, and treat the output of any model in your own product as untrusted input.

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Your coding assistant wrote two hundred lines in ten seconds. Do you know what is hiding in them?

Work in small steps you can review, and check what it writes for correctness, made-up packages and security.

And treat any model output in your own product as untrusted input. Learn to code with AI safely in this free course.

60 MINUTESPRACTICE-FIRST6 LESSONS

MODULE 01

Work with a coding assistant

What an assistant can and cannot see in your project, how to give it the right context, and how to keep every change small enough to review.

01 · interactive explainer

What the assistant sees, and what it does not

8 MIN

02 · scenario

Give it the right context and ask for a plan first

9 MIN

03 · scenario

Keep every change small enough to review

9 MIN

MODULE 02

Trust, but verify

A review list for assistant-written code, how to treat the output of any model in your own product, and a small change taken from request to a verified pull request.

01 · scenario

Review assistant-written code

10 MIN

02 · scenario

Treat model output as untrusted input

11 MIN

03 · scenario

Project: ship a small change you can defend

13 MIN

FINAL CHECK

Check what you can apply

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