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1. deng+6J[view] [source] 2026-01-16 18:02:06
>>embedd+(OP)
If you look at the original Cursor post, they say they are currently running similar experiments, for instance, this Excel clone:

https://github.com/wilson-anysphere/formula

The Actions overview is impressive: There have been 160,469 workflow runs, of which 247 succeeded. The reason the workflows are failing is because they have exceeded their spending limit. Of course, the agents couldn't care less.

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2. felipe+Kb2[view] [source] 2026-01-17 04:21:10
>>deng+6J
IMHO people are missing the forest for the trees. The point of this experiment is not to build a functional browser but to develop ways to make agents create large codebases from scratch over a very long time span. A Web browser is just a convenient target because there are lots of documentation, specs and tests available.
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3. saghm+Kx2[view] [source] 2026-01-17 09:16:14
>>felipe+Kb2
The point is to learn how to make very large codebases that don't compile? Why do you need tests and specs if it's not going to even run, much less run correctly?
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