Comment by theanonymousone
6 days ago
May I humbly and shamefully ask what does YOLO mean in this context, particularly "Yolo-ing it"?
The only Yolo I know about is an object detection model :/
6 days ago
May I humbly and shamefully ask what does YOLO mean in this context, particularly "Yolo-ing it"?
The only Yolo I know about is an object detection model :/
No shame in this! When you're using Claude code (or Cursor, or similar), you get these pop-ups rather frequently. "May I do XYZ web search?" "May I run this command?" "May I make this HTTP request?" This is for security, but it becomes the limiting step in your workflow if you're trying to use parallel agents.
These tools generally offer the ability to simply shut off these guardrails. When you do this, you're in what has come to be called "yolo mode."
I am arguing that, sandboxed correctly, this mode is actually safer than the standard one because it mitigates my own fatigue and frustration. These threats surface every hour of every day. Malicious actors are definitely a thing, but your own exhaustion is a far more present danger.
The object detection method name is a pun on YOLO as in "you only live once", which refers to taking risks (which might be exciting).