Show HN: AI Is Too Good at Coding, Let's Make It Better
The developer created persist-os, a local CLI tool that records architecture decisions and standards in plain repo files and uses a "persist doctor" command to check if AI-generated code contradicts those rules, skips obvious steps, or lacks tests. It runs locally without a network and retains rules across sessions.
Background
"Vibe coding" is a recent term for letting AI (like Claude or Copilot) generate entire apps from loose natural-language prompts, often skipping proper architecture, testing, or documentation. The author found this fast but fragile — AI sessions are stateless, so rules and decisions get lost when a chat is closed or truncated. Persist OS is a local CLI tool that stores coding standards and architectural decisions as plain text files inside the repo itself, then audits new code against them with the `persist doctor` command. This way, rules survive across AI sessions and prevent the tool from silently ignoring best practices. It's aimed at developers who want the speed of AI-assisted coding without sacrificing maintainability or test coverage.