The AI raced him to a browser fix, built its own test clone, and found half the answer first

Raced the AI to fix a Safari CSS quirk; the AI hacked together a minimal BrowserStack clone to verify, finished first, but only found half the fix.

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How it works

He races the AI to fix the quirk
The AI hacks together a minimal browser-testing clone to verify
Finishes first
But only finds half the fix

Why it’s worth knowing

Building itself a test rig mid-task is the move worth copying.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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