Blog argues agents still can’t design systems well, and says the stack must change
tianyin_xu · x · 2026-07-23
A repost of a blog post arguing that agents still struggle to design systems well, and outlining what needs to change before they can.
The core point is not about raw model intelligence alone, but about the broader stack around agents: how they reason, plan, inspect their own outputs, and get enough feedback and visibility to improve on complex system-design tasks.
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