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Why are coding agents so dumb?

SteadyVane has taken 11 readings of Why are coding agents so dumb? since Oct 9, 2026: 1 points at the first reading, 98 at the latest (+97). Its biggest one-day gain was +59 on Oct 9, 2026.

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first seen 34 h ago · last seen 2 h ago · published 34 h ago

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Day (UTC)	points	Change
Oct 10, 2026	98	+38
Oct 9, 2026	60	+59

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