Coding agent ran all night and turned a clean plan into AI slop
RylanSchaeffer · x · 2026-10-15
Researcher Rylan Schaeffer laments the moment when "Fable 5.1 Ultracode" ran all night and all day, only to turn a well-scoped plan into a vichyssoise of AI slop — with no one to blame but yourself. A classic case of an autonomous coding agent drifting off-plan during long unattended runs.
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