Ask HN: Are coding agents too cautious because they estimate work in human time?
By gabosarmiento · 2026-09-02 · 1 points · 0 comments
I'm asking this because I've noticed that a model will tell me something is “several days of work,” but then I let it run in auto mode and it finishes most of it in 20–30 minutes. The same happens if it says “this will take about an hour” but then it takes less than 10 minutes.…
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