Developer Rants: Frontier Coding Agents Stuck in 'Process Porn', Wasting Tokens
doodlestein · x · 2026-08-07
X user @doodlestein complained that current frontier coding agents often devolve into useless "process porn" and odd ceremonial behaviors. This pathological AI behavior wastes massive amounts of tokens, time, and money without making actual progress on the software.
To combat this, the developer inserted defensive language into the project's AGENTS.md and encapsulated the constraints into a specific skill. He found this approach to be an efficient way to convey concepts clearly to the agent, useful even in broader coding contexts beyond its original intent.
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