User asks agent to set up CI, it runs full tests three times on a personal project
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-09-10
A developer recounts asking an AI agent to set up CI for a personal project — the agent dutifully ran full test suites on PR creation, again on merge, and once more before building a release.
The anecdote is a funny case of agentic over-engineering: the agent follows enterprise-grade best practices without checking whether the context calls for them.
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