Boooos¶
Summary¶
Term coined by Mario Zechner for compound errors produced by AI coding agents — errors that accumulate through serial learning with no bottlenecks and delayed pain.
Etymology¶
"Boooos" — a playful spelling of "bugs" that captures the compounding, escalating nature of agent-generated errors.
Properties¶
- Serial learning — Each error influences the next decision
- No bottlenecks — Agents produce errors faster than humans can review
- Delayed pain — Humans feel pain and refactor; agents keep digging deeper
The Compound Effect¶
With 10 agents and 2 humans: enterprise-grade complexity in 2 weeks. Every agent decision is local, especially when the codebase exceeds the context window, leading to intertwined abstractions and duplication.