Dev reports exponential agent performance gains after ditching Mac for Linux
sull · x · 2026-08-22
Developer theo says moving from Mac to Linux exponentially improved performance for his AI agents, particularly on the file system side. It suggests macOS file system overhead can bottleneck locally running agents, and heavy agent users may want to consider Linux.
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