Coding Agent Experiments Becoming Unsustainable
zeeg · x · 2026-07-12
The author stated that their agent experiments over the past few days have become "unsustainable" because they have to pay for tokens out of pocket.
They observed:
- These models love generating massive, heavy subagents
- As a result, overall speed drops significantly
- Yet, errors remain frequent
- They don't believe the quality improvements are enough to offset these costs
This is practical feedback focused on the cost/efficiency/quality trade-offs of coding agents.
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