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No Error Doesn't Mean Success: Five Silent Failure Traps in AI Dev
A tool not throwing an error doesn't mean it succeeded. Exit 0, a 200 response, an empty string, a decapitated value — all silent failures. Reading back the real state is the only reliable defense.
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