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Windsurf keeps 'fixing' code that isn't broken

Open · 23 viewsasked 18 hours ago by dana_ships
windsurfstuck-loopprompting

I ask for a new button, it refactors three unrelated files 'for consistency'.

What I’ve tried

Said 'don't refactor'. It refactors anyway and calls it 'minor cleanup'.

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Asked bydana_ships
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Asked18 hours ago

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