Python dev saved from disaster by intuition...and AI

A Python developer averted a major disaster by combining intuition with an AI tool, highlighting the growing role of AI in software development and debugging. The incident underscores how AI-assisted coding can prevent costly errors, but also raises questions about over-reliance on automated suggestions.

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