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Key problems demonstrated include: availability checks happening outside DB transactions (race condition risk), missing server-side validation for time slots, Filament admin panel missing the canAccessPanel method causing 403 errors in production, and duplicated action logic violating DRY principles. The broader point is that AI behaves like a junior developer — it delivers working code for the happy path but misses edge cases, production configuration requirements, and architectural best practices unless explicitly specified. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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