'Ask HN: What Was Your Oh-Shit Moment with GenAI?' Explodes to 411 Points, 737 Comments
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An Ask HN thread soliciting practitioners' first genuinely unsettling generative-AI experiences became one of the week's largest discussions at 411 points and 737 comments. Responses range from agents autonomously refactoring production code to models surfacing capabilities developers didn't prompt for. The thread is a rare aggregated snapshot of where working engineers personally drew the line on AI capability in mid-2026.