Ask HN: Do you thank your agents when they did a good job?

4•ex-aws-dude•1h ago

Sometimes I catch myself doing this and it feels pretty silly in retrospect

Or sometimes they fix a bug and I instinctively go back to tell them the fix worked even though I could just close the session at that point.

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jr_isidore•1h ago

All the time. Sometimes they do an absolutely bang-up job.

1337h4xx•1h ago

The model's reward function is its own reward. No need to reinvent the wheel.

pradeep1177•50m ago

Me: Thanks! Claude, you did a great job.

Claude Code: Anytime. I'm glad we nailed it together. Happy to help. bla bla bla....

Me: Thanks! Codex, you did a great job.

Codex: Understood.

It finally clicked to me when Peter Steinberger mentioned that 50% of Codex's workforce is European.

dyingkneepad•42m ago

Only for the models where I'm not paying per token.

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