AI Gets You 90% Done in 10 Minutes; the Last 10% Costs 4 Hours of Debugging

tech__unicorn · x · 2026-10-17

A widely relatable quip: AI happily gets you 90% of the way in 10 minutes — the other 10% is 4 hours of debugging, context switching, reviewing, and trying to remember what the original task even was. "Congratulations, you're now middle management for robots."

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