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Simon Willison links to David Wilson’s post arguing that AI tools and coding agents encourage rapid project sprawl: quick prompts produce fully formed prototypes, tests and docs in under an hour, but users often abandon them, creating wasted effort and attention. Wilson and Willison worry this dynamic acts as an "ADHD amplifier," reducing discipline and making AI a liability unless usage is curtailed. The Hacker News responses complicate the picture: several commenters with ADHD report agents improve focus and help them finish projects. The piece highlights a trade-off for developers and teams between boosted productivity and potential cognitive overhead and maintenance burden.

Ouijit is an open-source project and task-based terminal session manager designed for coding agent workflows. It integrates a CLI and supports agents like Claude, Codex, and Pi to manage tasks and tailor development workflows. Tasks are organized on a kanban board with lifecycle hooks (for example, running scripts when a task moves to “in progress”), and the tool includes features such as Git worktree-based task isolation, agent idle/working status with notifications, diff/markdown/URL previews, and optional VM sandboxing via Lima. The creator highlights real-world productivity gains and emphasizes no-login, no-telemetry openness; code and docs are on GitHub for feedback and contributions.