AI for systems research: basic agent swarms plus good metrics get ideas shipped
sh_reya · x · 2026-10-25
A case study on AI for systems development: you just need (0) smart humans to understand and communicate solutions, (1) good metrics and cost models, and (2) super basic agent swarms writing code and tests to optimize those metrics. Author argues systems PhD students and academics can now build extremely ambitious systems with large surface areas and evolve them in the open over 1+ years. Boosters note it's never been a better time for database/systems researchers to make direct practical impact.
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