Designing abstraction layers for agent model dependencies
datavyro · reddit · 2026-08-20
Prompted by Kimi model sunsets, this post discusses how to abstract model dependencies in long-lived agent stacks. It debates whether to abstract provider, family, cost tier, context length, or reasoning effort first, and when a routing layer becomes worth the added complexity.
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