Asked Claude for a small scrape, woke up to 'three weeks remaining' at 60 MB/s
generativist · x · 2026-09-28
The author casually asked Claude to run a 'small light scrape' overnight. By morning, the agent reported the link tops out around 60 MB/s with roughly three weeks of work remaining. A funny look at how agentic tasks can balloon far beyond the ask.
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