I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer

As a robot programmer in 2026, the author often relies on LLM coding assistants, but finds them hopeless at visual debugging. Despite having image encoders and MCP servers, these models lack intuition about how robots actually move and struggle to navigate GUI tools, turning simple tasks into half-hour ordeals. The author ends up doing the debugging manually, acting as a 'seeing-eye dog' for the computer, and concludes that the most effective workflow is to do the fun part themselves.