Agent looked right but wasn't: when do you stop double-checking AI outputs?
Luvena21 · reddit · 2026-09-16
A developer recounts giving an agent a task whose reply sounded completely correct — but the real bug was in his own memory logic, invisible in the output, and only caught by digging through raw logs. Debugging took longer than doing the task by hand.
His core question is about trust rather than tech: what sets the bar for letting an agent run without human review of every output — the cost of a mistake, task length, or something else? He invites experienced builders to share how they define that threshold.
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