Developer Ditches Slow Slack API, Lets AI Agent Browse It Directly

After hitting slow, rate-limited Slack APIs, a developer let Codex/Astra browse Slack directly via computer use—and it was faster, highlighting how existing APIs fail to serve AI agents.

2026-09-16 ~ 2026-09-16 · 2 related posts

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