UX Pain Point in Coding Agents: Users Call for Progress Time Estimates
Turbulent_Ad_1039 · reddit · 2026-08-12
The author highlights a common UX pain point in current coding agents: during task execution, the interface typically provides only a spinner or token count, leaving the user completely blind to whether the task will take 20 seconds or 5 minutes.
This lack of information leads to inefficient time management. The author suggests that while precise estimates are difficult, providing a rough time band would significantly improve the waiting experience and prevent users from watching the screen idly.
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