Asking Claude to repeatedly perfect an add() function: AI is never satisfied with your code
BLUECOW009 · x · 2026-09-03
Developer bradwestfall observes that AI coding assistants are never satisfied — they always think something can change even when the code is fine. To test this, he runs a thread experiment repeatedly asking Claude to "perfect" a simple add() function, documenting how the model keeps refactoring an already-correct implementation round after round.
More from coding & agent
- Developer asks: is LangChain still worth it vs rolling your own agent harness? — curious_vii · 2026-09-03
- Inference Engineering Is Just a Recipe: vLLM/SGLang, Replicas, Cache-Aware Routing — GabGarrett · 2026-09-03
- Developer accidentally built an entire agent factory with Fable 5.1 — 0xkarasy · 2026-09-03
- Microsoft adds Fabric data agents to Foundry agents via Fabric IQ (preview) — adnan_hashmi · 2026-09-03
- Databricks pitches agent-native data infrastructure, Lakebase Postgres at VLDB 2026 — matei_zaharia · 2026-09-03
- doodlestein ships a comprehensive web app review skill after months of debugging — doodlestein · 2026-09-03