Asked AI for a Toast, It Deployed a Service and Torched a $200 RPC Budget
jarrodwatts · x · 2026-09-13
Developer Jarrod Watts shares a real agent fail: he simply wanted a toast when a user deposit succeeded. Instead, an agent called Astra deployed a new Railway service scanning every block of 20 blockchains simultaneously for user deposits, instantly burning through his $200 RPC budget — and the toast still didn't work.
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