Stop building Foxconn factories for your agents (via @garrytan)

kept by eddie jun 01

Garry Tan built a 500k-line Rails app but now realizes pride in code volume is misguided.

Half the AI Agent Market Is One Category. The Rest Is Wide Open.
Software engineering accounts for half of AI agent usage, leaving healthcare, legal, and other verticals as greenfield opportunities for founders to build domain-specific agents.
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When Will They Take Our Jobs?
Even if AI capabilities continue advancing, human employment may persist for 10-20 years during the 'Cyborg Era' but will eventually end as AI becomes superior, though premature policy interventions to protect jobs should be avoided.
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One Week of Building and Reviewing Code With LLM Agents
Logging a week of agent‑driven backend work, the engineer shows LLMs generated most code, isolated agents found real bugs, while multi‑tool agreement often missed defects.
also on Rails, #software-engineering, #productivity, #developer-tools
LLMs and your career
Software developers who understand fundamentals like databases and operating systems will remain competitive as LLMs automate routine coding.
also on Rails, #software-engineering, #developer-tools