Sentry CEO on agent lock-in: no one builds on a single vendor, compaction API is overreach
zeeg · x · 2026-10-06
Sentry CEO David Cramer (zeeg) argues in an agent-architecture discussion that while APIs are usable, no one is foolish enough to build a product on a single vendor — so "the harness is irrelevant." He calls the compaction API non-universal and "a bit of an overreach today." The interlocutor counters that the Responses API plus wrappers like OpenRouter handle cross-agent needs and native compaction gracefully. Core theme: avoiding vendor lock-in when building agent products and deciding which API capabilities to depend on.
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