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RSI AI Without New Model Weights: What Actually Improves?
Community description: A coding agent improves its editing tool. Its base model stays exactly the same. Can that count as...
Dev.to | Sep 12, 2026 | Michał Piszczek
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A coding agent improves its editing tool. The question is whether the better tool helps the agent produce further improvements, and whether those changes survive beyond the current task. Follow the change Suppose the agent keeps breaking edits in large files. The improved tracking helps it discover another useful change. Then comes the uncomfortable question: can the agent change the test?
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