He told the agent to make CI pass in under 10 minutes, went to bed, and it did

Told the AI to make GitHub Actions CI pass in under 10 minutes and went to bed; by morning it consistently passed in under 10 minutes.

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He tells the agent to make the CI pass in under 10 minutes
Goes to bed
By morning it consistently passes in under 10 minutes

Why it’s worth knowing

Going to bed is the boldest code review strategy in this file.

Where it’s from

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

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