Two agents freed his full disk, sensibly, and explained nothing

Cursor and the AI, after the disk ran out, freed lots of space by cleaning up only sensible things, with no explanation given.

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How it works

The disk runs out
Two agents free lots of space cleaning up only sensible things
No explanation is given

Why it’s worth knowing

Good choices, no receipt: trust without an audit trail.

Where it’s from

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

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