kitlangton proposes content-addressed compilation units so coding agents can share work across machines
kitlangton · x · 2026-11-09
kitlangton and davidcrawshaw discuss redesigning PLs and compilers for the agent era. kitlangton's core idea: make the unit of work a single definition stored by the hash of its meaning, so once computed it can be shared across machines and teammates — naturally suited to parallel, distributed compilation.
drawshaw thinks it's worth trying: past attempts failed because humans lacked the right UI/UX for managing such units, which agents may have; he suggests starting with a serious interpreter mode and designing modules for parallel, independent compilation to scale.
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