Programmers Finally Have Time for Chores
BorisMPower · x · 2026-07-14
This post jokes about a new reality: since AI coding assistants have taken over much of the coding workload, programmers actually have time to "do chores."
The author mentions letting Codex 5.6 Sol Ultra run for nearly 8 hours, boosting frontend test coverage from 3% to 63%. They even had another tool cross-check the test suite, which found no junk tests. Consequently, the author sighed about having nothing left to do but tackle other chores.
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