Elvis Saravia: agents will subsume traditional software — and can even cut code bloat
omarsar0 · x · 2026-11-11
AI educator Elvis Saravia argues agents have lowered the bar for building software, and that frontier models will subsume much of traditional software. He builds personal agents from simple primitives (custom harness + SQLite/file memory) — and contrarian to mainstream advice, uses agents to reduce software bloat. His takeaway: there's never been a better time to build things yourself.
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