Devs are deliberately instructing their agents to push back a little
heyneighbor · x · 2026-10-19
A developer shares a personal habit: whenever they set up an agent, they make it "bully them a little" — granting the agent license to challenge and push back on the user instead of blindly complying. They ask if anyone else does this.
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