Other coding models stalled for a week on simple changes — developer says Grok Build finally shipped
CedricMakes · x · 2026-09-15
Developer CedricMakes shares that every coding model he tested had the same flaw: inventing infinite additional work before pushing anything to production — even simple text-only changes dragged on for up to a week before he cancelled them.
"I tried Grok Build out of desperation, it worked." The reply, answering a question about where Claude Opus and others fell short, is a candid user data point on the common "over-engineering, never ships" failure mode of coding agents.
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