Dev says agents now handle all his email: the UI fades and the product becomes a protocol
signulll · x · 2026-11-03
Developer signulll (272K followers) shares that he hasn't manually written or replied to an email in a long time and no longer even opens his email app—agents handle everything. He predicts many products will follow this path: the human-facing interface fades away, and the underlying product either disappears or turns into a protocol.
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