Agents Don't Hate the Worst Systems, They Need Them
matt_slotnick · x · 2026-08-29
From an unfinished essay titled "Software in the Age of Abundance": The worst systems of record are hated by humans because they enforce management's will, but agents do not hate them—they need them.
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