Goal Generates Weirdly Verbose Code for Simple Fixes
kevinkern · x · 2026-08-20
A developer shares a test case of Goal, noting that it produces weird code if not monitored closely. A simple flaky font check that should have been a 2-line fix resulted in 60 lines of defensive diagnostics generated by the tool.
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