The agent-built data pipeline he inherited was full of errors and its fixes made new ones

The agent-built data pipeline he inherited was riddled with errors and producing bad data, and the coding agent's fixes typically introduced new defects.

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He inherits an agent-built data pipeline
Finds it riddled with errors and producing bad data
The coding agent's fixes typically introduce new defects

Why it’s worth knowing

The second agent's fixes were part of the disease.

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

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