Show HN: Sphinx – a hook that quizzes you on your AI's code before shipping

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Sphinx, an open-source tool, was released that integrates into coding agent workflows to quiz developers on their code understanding before production deployment.

Key points

•Sphinx is designed to plug into existing coding agent workflows.
•It displays a questionnaire to check if the developer understands how the code being pushed to production works.
•It is released as free and open-source software (FOSS) and received 36 points and 11 comments on Hacker News.

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