Can I easily run whois, curl, dig, grep, python, browser/playwright? Yes.

Was watching an agent with terminal access install its tools, configure them, then map my lab, find services, and guess stack just pure magic? Also yes.

Did it cost me $23 in tokens to set it up, test, and run? Probably. Using gemini 3.1 pro was not the spendthrift choice here.

Is putting some cost controls in place a good idea? Also, probably yes.

Can I therefore understand someone who wants to see things happen on their own with a beautiful prompt instead of doing them personally even when fully capable, maybe even more efficient? Of course.

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LPisGood 21 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

A beautiful prompt feels like something of a misnomer.

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tovej an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

"Beautiful prompt"?

Can't tell if this is parody. Either that, or it's someone without any self-awareness.

	▲	cucumber3732842 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Sometimes it's kind of cool to just ask a well phrased question and watch it spit back out a result that would've taken you hours, like cross referencing industrial widgets that have their critical information available but spread out all over. That said, I don't usually ask it tightly bounded clerical questions and not thing that imply sub-tasks like "scan the dark web".
	▲	moron4hire 41 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Post reads as English as a second language.