François Fleuret: with the best coding agents and tons of compute, mediocrity is on you
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-11-08
François Fleuret reflects on the strange feeling of having both the best coding agents and tons of compute at his fingertips: "Not doing something extraordinary is entirely your fault." A glimpse into how frontier coding models have changed research workflows at the top labs.
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