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The agent didn't fail. You never told it what "done" means.

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The DN42 story — agent told to scan a network, operator ends up with a bill they can't pay — keeps getting framed as a cautionary tale about runaway costs. The writeup is worth reading, but I think the usual takeaway is wrong. The cost is a symptom. The disease is that nobody defined what "done" me…

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  1. 2026-09-24 14:39 · DEV Community — AI
    The agent didn't fail. You never told it what "done" means.

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