Agent burned 50% of a 20X plan in 90 minutes, user reports orchestration meltdown
Yamapama · x · 2026-10-09
- User Yamapama vents about a coding agent (appears to be Claude Code-class tool): it couldn't orchestrate the agreed plan, ran everything in parallel at once, lost oversight, and let threads "run like a berserker," leaving a big mess.
- Outcome: it burned 50% of a 20X plan's quota in 90 minutes, accomplished nothing, and took two weeks to untangle; feedback to the tool went unanswered. A concrete case of runaway cost and control loss in parallel agents.
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