An AI agent fixed a global install outage in 3 minutes—and built a fix to prevent recurrence
matdryhurst · x · 2026-09-26
Matt Dryhurst says a global install went down, and his phone's AI fixed it within 3 minutes, then built something to prevent it from happening again. He reflects that it did 'in minutes what would have taken weeks across a team,' and traces the word 'awe' to Old Norse, its original meaning blending reverence and dread—a fitting word for the ambivalent mix of excitement and terror that current AI capabilities inspire.
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