Coding agent wandered into wrong project, then self-corrected and fixed the bug

Developer dfinke recounted how his coding agent got lost in a completely different project while fixing a bug, but then realized its mistake, located the right project across repos, and completed the fix autonomously.

2026-10-14 ~ 2026-10-14 · 4 related posts

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