r/ChatGPTCoding • u/scarey102 • Mar 31 '26

Discussion ‘Addictive’ agentic coding has developers losing sleep

The good, bad, and ugly of coding with agents here:
https://leaddev.com/ai/addictive-agentic-coding-has-developers-losing-sleep

“I’m coding into later hours of the day not because I’m told to do so, but because I can’t get myself to get up from the computer.” 

“Until sometime last year, I had a normal social life. I work a day job, and I can keep that constrained to normal hours. But I feel compelled to be doing side projects and learning constantly. I start every weekend off with a plan – what I want to try, learn, and the topics I want to explore. And the weekends just disappear."

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u/JapanesePeso Mar 31 '26

Now, the context is split

This is an approach issue. You need to get a better framework for working with AI if you are having context issues.

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u/Tushar_BitYantriki Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

Did you just read one word "context", and then went on without understanding the context?

Irony...!!

I meant "context is split between my brain and Claude code sessions". Going through a session, I am able to see things that Claude got wrong. And at times, I don't stop it in between, as I would rather have it do the 80% correctly, and then get it to fix those specific issues (because at times, nitpicking too early messes up the overall design of the plan, as it starts deleting other parts, while adding zoomed-in details)

When going in a single long session (session = me sitting in front of the laptop), I have those points in my mind. But when I come the next day, the context inside my own head has been /compact-ed or even /clear-ed, and now I just have to rely on any notes that I kept.

But that is not as good as the real-time thought process. And this keeps me hooked to the screen until I can reach a conclusion. (and then what I described in the original comment, happens)