Is It All Just Vapourware? A Developer's Frustrating Encounter with Agentic AI

A developer's first-hand account of trying agentic development tools, specifically ONA, reveals a gap between marketing hype and reality. Despite the promise of automated feature development, the author faced login issues and wasted $20 in compute units on basic tasks. The piece argues that while AI coding assistance is valuable, current tools add friction rather than reducing it, and suggests that the vendors themselves are proof their products don't work as advertised.