Dev burns 40% of $200 Codex plan on nothing: "we are SO far from AGI"
shaunralston · x · 2026-09-22
A developer vented that over a weekend he wasted 40% of his $200 Codex plan budget plus a pile of Muse tokens accomplishing absolutely nothing — the task he wanted was simply beyond current coding agents. AI practitioner shaunralston agreed: "we are SO far from AGI. We have some amazing tools, which I'm happy to celebrate. But AGI, not even close."
The exchange is a data point on the real capability ceiling and cost waste of today's coding agents on ambitious tasks.
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