Dev's warning: personal agents are the new interface — just ask Barnes & Noble
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-10-10
vaibhavbetter draws an analogy to Barnes & Noble, which failed to grasp that the Internet — and Amazon — had fundamentally changed the book-buying interface until it was too late. He argues personal agents are becoming the new interface for all tasks, and those who underestimate how fundamental this shift is risk the same fate.
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