Reddit asks: what's personal agents actually useful for? One dev finds almost no use cases
johnnypen2445 · reddit · 2026-11-04
Reddit user johnnypen2445 notes that while he uses agents constantly at work and for projects, he can hardly find personal use cases beyond spending 5 seconds checking email. He asks what others have found genuinely useful for personal agents, sparking discussion on why agents thrive at work but not in daily life.
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