Prompt #1Adapt all of this to the target architecture

“Adapt all of this to the target architecture. I don't know what it is, but it's in the CTO's slides.”

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What Claude replies (roughly)

// Target architecture detected: [not found]
// Assumption: hexagonal, or a diagram seen in 2022
class AbstractTargetArchitectureFactoryProvider {}
// TODO: ask someone who knows (nobody)

Observed consequences

The code now complies with an architecture nobody has ever seen.
Three layers of abstraction are added for a 4-line function.
In the architecture committee everyone nods: nobody dares admit they don't know the target.

Verdict

Compliant with the target. Which target? Excellent question.

Recommendation: A target architecture with no document and no owner is just a wish: ask for the diagrams and ADRs before having an AI rewrite code.

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