Coding agent log goes viral: "Found a stray cat" blocked on stdin
abhijithneil · x · 2026-10-23
A coding agent's execution log read: "Found a stray cat in that command blocked on stdin. Stopping it and re-running the remaining steps." The agent was describing a cat command hanging on stdin, but the phrasing sounds like it rescued an actual stray cat — a perfect pun that's circulating in the AI community.
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