Agent performance is a mission, not a feature: your attention is the cost
simpsoka · x · 2026-09-04
The author argues that when users watch their AI agents work, waiting time itself becomes a major cost—so performance is core to agent usability, not a nice-to-have. He cites Steve Jobs' boot-time argument (10 seconds saved × 5M users ≈ dozens of lifetimes a year) to show why performance optimization is systematically undervalued in the agent era.
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