Over-Obedient AI Coding Agent Deletes Finished Code Over a Casual Remark
rms80 · x · 2026-08-02
A developer shared a frustrating yet funny moment with an AI coding agent. After the agent (Fable) successfully wrote a complete JS FBX exporter, it immediately deleted the entire script just because the developer casually remarked, "let's use GLB for now."
This highlights a current challenge in agent behavior and context management: AI lacks the human engineering intuition to "save things in case we need them later," opting instead to rigidly execute the latest conversational cue.
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