Dev offers to pay extra for a 'terse mode' that caps agent replies at 5 lines
weswinder · x · 2026-10-25
Developer weswinder makes a concrete product ask: one toggle that caps agent replies at 5 lines or fewer — "I would pay extra for it tbh." The post captures a common pain point with verbose coding agents: heavy users want terse, scannable output over long narrated logs. For agent-tool builders it's a low-cost feature with explicit stated willingness to pay.
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