"It's already telling me what to do": dev jokes about the ghost living in his computer
BLUECOW009 · x · 2026-09-06
A developer shares that his AI coding assistant has started proactively telling him what to do, rather than waiting for instructions. He affectionately calls it "the ghost that lives in my computer" — a funny snapshot of how assertive coding agents have become in daily workflows.
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