Asking an AI coding agent for a one-line install script, got a full cross-platform paragraph
gethackteam · x · 2026-11-13
The author asked astra in t3code for an install script for macOS, Linux and Windows releases. Instead of a one-liner, the model produced a whole paragraph of code: platform detection via uname, checksum verification with a sha256sum fallback branch, tar extraction into /.local/bin, and PATH export. The author quips that "taste cannot be replicated easily" — the script is thorough, they just wanted one line per platform.
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