Personal agents should just be personable and remember things, dev argues
tobowers · x · 2026-10-05
Developer tobowers argues most personal agents fall into two failure modes: bland "personal assistant" or theatrically "summoning weirdness" after reading your email. The right approach, he says, is simple: be slightly personable and remember things — and this works even on a small, cheap model.
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