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What’s the worst thing a coding agent has ever done?

I’m not just talking about the code being wrong. I’m also talking about agents that mess with files they shouldn’t, invent weird abstractions, break a database, or, even when you tell them not to touch something, go and touch it anyway. My most recent one created a FormatText mode with two internal…

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  1. 2026-09-18 06:35 · r/AI_Agents
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