Simple projects have obvious bugs; agent mistakes are the leaky kind that kill you
generativist · x · 2026-10-20
Extending his earlier argument, @generativist notes that simple SaaS products, websites, or games come with obvious problems, but leaky, hard-to-detect work demands a discipline most people don't have—which is why he no longer takes most people's views on agents seriously.
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