Brief, mostly signal

HN asks when AI coding can be trusted to finish full tasks

The question asks how to avoid the happy path problem. One reply reports a Claude Code and Codex cross-check with PASS gates still missed items on large projects.

Read the source at news.ycombinator.com

What the research found

HN question asking how to trust AI coding agents to cover the full task; a Claude Code plus Codex cross-check with PASS or NO PASS gates still missed items on large projects.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Claude Code and Codex were used in a cross-verification setup where Codex tests Claude's work and returns PASS or NO PASS 97%
AI agents still miss edge cases and fail to check everything even with strict test directives on large projects 95%

Evidence

news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50209084

Actionability rated low.