AI coding chaos: 51 copies of Playwright across 12 versions found on one machine
julianharris · x · 2026-11-06
julianharris shared a funny AI coding mishap: a new project errored with "playwright isn't installed," and when the AI moved to install it he confidently cancelled, claiming he had 6 copies — only to discover 51 copies on his machine.
The screenshot shows the 51 installs span 12 versions: the repo's 1.54.2 matches nothing else, the dominant version is 1.58.2 with 32 installs, plus 7 of 1.59.1 and scattered others — a vivid picture of the dependency sprawl AI coding tools can create.
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