Agents rediscover email as universal messaging protocol after 20 years of trying to kill it
dejavucoder · x · 2026-10-12
A widely resonant observation: after 20 years of trying to replace email, AI agents have rediscovered it as a universal messaging protocol.
@signulll argues email already has nearly everything agents need: authentication, universal addressing, asynchronous communication, federation, attachments, routing, and global adoption. dejavucoder calls it the bitter lesson at work — simplicity wins.
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