Devs slam GPT-6.1 over-engineering: 115K test lines for 6K code

Multiple developers report that GPT-6.1 Sol severely over-engineers projects—one saw 115,000 lines of tests for 6,000 lines of product code, and another's repo ballooned from 3GB to 30GB, forcing a full rewrite.

2026-10-30 ~ 2026-10-31 · 3 related posts

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