The coding-agent mania: feeling productive all day while nothing really ships
deepakns · x · 2026-10-30
A widely shared observation describes a mania induced by coding agents: you feel like you're getting a lot done and working constantly, but nothing is really happening.
Commenters call it a new form of performative busywork and often a way of avoiding something else in life.
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