Jeremy D. Miller • 6/4/2026

The Codebase Is the Prompt: Wolverine, Vertical Slices, and AI-Assisted Development

This article argues that traditional layered architectures like Clean Architecture create context pollution for AI coding agents, forcing them to load irrelevant files. It promotes Wolverine and Vertical Slice Architecture as AI-friendly alternatives that compress code per feature, improving signal-to-noise ratio and agent accuracy. The author discusses how codebase structure effectively becomes part of the AI prompt, making vertical slices optimal for AI-assisted development in .NET.

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#ai-assisted development #Dotnet #Vertical Slice Architecture