Agentic engineering koan: A GPU dreaming of an engineer?
charles_irl · x · 2026-09-02
Using a Zhuangzi-style koan, this post reiterates the core agentic engineering principle: engineers should act like GPUs, hiding high individual task latency with high concurrency to maximize throughput. It reflects on the relationship between the engineer and the agent's runtime environment.
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