Claude Code spends 22 minutes and 120k tokens trying to add screws to screw holes
_Stocko_ · x · 2026-10-13
User @Stocko shared a Claude Code fail: asked to add screws to screw holes, the agent ran for 22m 35s and burned 120.4k tokens while still stuck on "Zesting…". A relatable example of coding agents overthinking trivial tasks and spinning through tokens.
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