Coding agent mania: feeling productive all day while nothing real gets done
trq212 · x · 2026-10-30
The author observes that coding agents can induce a kind of mania: you feel constantly busy and productive, yet nothing real is actually getting done. He suggests this state is often a form of avoiding something else in life.
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