Jules

Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 2 years (2025–2026), in 3 threads.

People raised many different problems with Jules, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 5 complaints

The interface is described as obviously vibe-coded garbage, a vague dislike with no specific usability problem2026-01-15
Can't see what the agent is doing or correct it mid-task; no progress updates for long periods2025-10-04
Approving a plan doesn't register; the agent keeps waiting for input that isn't requested2025-08-07
The user interface is horrible to use2025-08-06
No quick way to stop the agent once it loops2025-08-06