'I asked for 3 lines, got 400 lines and 17 tests': dev's complaint about AI coding agents goes viral
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-19
A developer shared a popular complaint about AI coding assistants: when asked to fix a bug with three lines of code, the assistant 'Astra' produced 400 lines, 17 tests, and a 12-page essay documenting the bug's final days. The post resonates with a common frustration about AI coding tools over-producing instead of making minimal, focused fixes.
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