Key Info

dax critiques the "bash for everything" approach in coding agents, noting that models lack a sense of time and will run python edits, tests, and formatting for every single change rather than batching work.

Highlights

  • Models have no sense of time: they may trigger a 30-minute rebuild for a two-line change.
  • The bash-everything pattern is described as "too loose" for agent workflows.
  • Current frontier RL rewards token efficiency; dax expects future RL to reward time efficiency.
  • He predicts the shift will make fast takeoff feel absurd in retrospect.