alt Hacker NewsIt's because they do things that is why they score differently. Coding hardness add features for user experience not for agent efficiency. If they did all the coding hardnesses would be using bash and code mode and letting the agents write code to perform tasks but this doesn't work because you want humans in the loop. You want users to be able to approve and deny writes. You want uses to see edits. So you have to build tool for these. It's hard to show diffs when the agent is just using bash.
> The added features are just user experience features.
> It's because they do things that is why they score differently.
That was my point. Regardless of how you feel about UX, it's a value added set of features. The question initially posited, stands. Why would a company do any of these things?
> Coding hardness add features for user experience not for agent efficiency.
Pretending it was always about some metric you just decided was important is moving the goalpost. It's not compelling.
I think it makes more sense that it's Freemium Dominance or they act as Low-Cost Marketing tools.