"This feels like something Yahoo would have built right before Google showed up" — AI scaffolding debate
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-11-04
A pointed exchange in the AI circle: drewocarr argues most agent scaffolding is unnecessary since information flows in 99% of apps are basic and a better model would fix it; cocktailpeanut quips it feels like "something Yahoo would have built right before Google showed up" — a jab at over-engineered agent middleware that next-gen models may render obsolete.
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