Abstractions were priced for human programmers — a thousand agents break that logic

ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-26

The author argues software abstractions (DRY, naming, layers) were priced for expensive human hours. With a thousand agents working one codebase, every abstraction is a bottleneck while repetition is free. He also urges: stop embedding chatbots in apps — users bring their own agents, so expose a CLI instead. "An app without a CLI is a room the butler can't enter."

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