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10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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Knowledge worker burn out is real. The idea that this is some inevitable future is nonsense. Feels like a hedge from some who bought the hype.
Any company that tries will end up cannibalisizing productivity.
It's like claiming that if supercars became affordable everyone will of course start traveling at 120 mph in average. When the reality would be wasted energy and fools wrapping themselves around trees.