Zach Lloyd: A humming software factory should be a closed-loop, measurable system
vikvang1 · x · 2026-09-18
Zach Lloyd (Temporal co-founder) argues the goal for an AI-powered "software factory" is to run like a fully humming physical factory: a closed-loop, measurable, improvable system.
Key points:
- Everyone works from the same context, in public, fully audited and observed;
- Agents themselves observe the skills and config driving the system and suggest improvements;
- Platform engineers can extend the system into all internal systems;
- Engineering leaders see productivity metrics and understand which changes move them.
The whole thing runs empirically, not on vibes.
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