Routing takes 601ms: why latency matters before agents start thinking
colinmcnamara · x · 2026-10-28
Joseph Fluckiger explains why the 601ms routing step in LLM agent systems matters: while customers are waiting and the agent has not started thinking yet, routing speed directly shapes perceived responsiveness.
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