But while the AI was ready to give up several times, it did keep adding debug code and analyzing it faithfully when I pushed.
能力其实在，缺的是自主坚持——这是 Linus 这条记录里最有价值的判断。对 agent 设计的启示不是继续堆推理长度，而是加一层"不得自行宣告不可解"的约束。反面推论也成立：不会追问、不敢施压的使用者会系统性地拿到更差的结果。
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- Aug 2026
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I'd like to call it my tireless helper, but the AI several times stated flat out that this was impossible and unsolvable and that we should just write a report about it.
Linus 记录的失败模式比成功更值得读：模型多次断言问题无解、建议写份报告收工。长任务里"体面收尾"的倾向会表现为过早放弃，而这一步通常没有任何报错信号。这也解释了为什么同一个模型在不同人手里产出差距巨大。
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- May 2026
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Weirdly though, those things have started to blur for me already, which is quite upsetting.
Simon表达了对vibe coding和agentic engineering边界模糊的担忧，这让他感到不安。
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Weirdly though, those things have started to blur for me already, which is quite upsetting. I thought we had a very clear delineation where vibe coding is the thing where you're not looking at the code at all. You might not even know how to program. You might be a non-programmer who asks for a thing, and gets a thing, and if the thing works, then great! And if it doesn't, you tell it that it doesn't work and cross your fingers.
作者原本认为vibe coding和agentic engineering有明确界限，但现在发现两者界限正在模糊，这让他感到不安。
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