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variant: listing
kind: thoughts
url: /thoughts
title: Thoughts
description: 'Long-form prose, by recency.'
count: 12
---
# Thoughts

Long-form prose, by recency.

- **The agent harness is the new IDE** ([HTML](/thoughts/agent-harness-is-the-new-ide); [Markdown](/thoughts/agent-harness-is-the-new-ide.md); ~400 tokens; 2026-05-10; #agents #tools #development)
- **Agent harnesses are state machines** ([HTML](/thoughts/agent-harnesses-are-state-machines); [Markdown](/thoughts/agent-harnesses-are-state-machines.md); ~805 tokens; 2026-05-21; #agents #harnesses #state-machines #workflows)
- **Agent harnesses will move onto the shelf** ([HTML](/thoughts/agent-harnesses-will-move-onto-the-shelf); [Markdown](/thoughts/agent-harnesses-will-move-onto-the-shelf.md); ~536 tokens; 2026-05-14; #agents #harnesses #marketplaces)
- **Agent surfaces are feedback-loop shaped** ([HTML](/thoughts/agent-surfaces-are-feedback-loop-shaped); [Markdown](/thoughts/agent-surfaces-are-feedback-loop-shaped.md); ~404 tokens; 2026-05-14; #agents #development #workflows)
- **Agents enable radical simplicity** ([HTML](/thoughts/agents-enable-radical-simplicity); [Markdown](/thoughts/agents-enable-radical-simplicity.md); ~447 tokens; 2026-05-10; #agents #simplicity #prompts #skills)
- **Agents lift data journalism up the stack** ([HTML](/thoughts/agents-make-forensic-journalism-more-ordinary); [Markdown](/thoughts/agents-make-forensic-journalism-more-ordinary.md); ~1329 tokens; 2026-05-26; #agents #journalism #data-analysis #deep-research)
- **The harness makes agentic code hold up** ([HTML](/thoughts/ai-code-output-is-not-software-progress); [Markdown](/thoughts/ai-code-output-is-not-software-progress.md); ~1553 tokens; 2026-05-23; #agents #harness #software #management #startups)
- **App stores will evolve into agent markets** ([HTML](/thoughts/app-stores-will-evolve-into-agent-markets); [Markdown](/thoughts/app-stores-will-evolve-into-agent-markets.md); ~507 tokens; 2026-05-14; #agents #app-stores #marketplaces)
- **Design will be seed driven** ([HTML](/thoughts/design-will-be-seed-driven); [Markdown](/thoughts/design-will-be-seed-driven.md); ~493 tokens; 2026-05-14; #design #ai #design-systems #seeds #generative-design)
- **Expensive AI code review is not insane** ([HTML](/thoughts/expensive-ai-code-review-is-not-insane); [Markdown](/thoughts/expensive-ai-code-review-is-not-insane.md); ~504 tokens; 2026-05-16; #agents #code-review #pricing #software)
- **OpenAI may want the social layer for humans and agents** ([HTML](/thoughts/openai-hybrid-human-agent-social-infrastructure); [Markdown](/thoughts/openai-hybrid-human-agent-social-infrastructure.md); ~825 tokens; 2026-06-23; #openai #agents #social-infrastructure #platforms #identity)
- **It is starting to feel strange when the work stops as I sleep** ([HTML](/thoughts/the-work-should-not-stop-when-i-sleep); [Markdown](/thoughts/the-work-should-not-stop-when-i-sleep.md); ~783 tokens; 2026-05-17; #agents #autonomy #harnesses)