Agents don't hate systems of record, they need them
matt_slotnick · x · 2026-08-29
Matt Slotnick shares a line from an essay on software in the age of abundance: "The worst system of record is always the one you are made to use. Because it represents management enforcing its will. But agents do not hate it. They need it."
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