Developer Complains OpenAI's Coding Model Endlessly Scopes Creeps Instead of Finishing Tasks
DavidWells · x · 2026-10-03
Developer David Wells vents that OpenAI's coding model "just works and works and doesn't complete the tasks," exhibiting extreme scope creep — "oddly very human." He asks the community for tips to stop the model bikeshedding for hours and actually finish the job. A first-hand gripe about task convergence issues in current coding agents.
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