AI agents write code fastest when the work is sliced small and a human stays on judgment. My workflow runs a four-step loop: plan the feature into units, hand the branch stack to the agent, review each PR myself, then let the agent address my comments.
Stacked pull requests let you review a feature in logical slices rather than one enormous diff. The challenge is managing the branches, synchronizing PRs, and surviving rebases without breaking the chain. gh-stack handles the scaffolding. It tracks your branch stack in a local JSON file, generates PRs that base each one to its parent, and works on any GitHub repo regardless of whether your organization has enabled native stacked PR support.
When working with Git repositories, there are often files that need to be backed up but shouldn’t be committed to the main branch. These might include local development settings, IDE configuration files, personal notes, or development scripts that are specific to your workflow. The challenge is finding a way to back up these ignored files without polluting the main repository history.
A friend recommended gopass to manage passwords. After the trial, I decided to switch.