Your AI Agent Is a Cron Job
Nobody ever gave their Terraform pipeline a job title. So why are we handing out name badges to system prompts?
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Nobody ever gave their Terraform pipeline a job title. So why are we handing out name badges to system prompts?
The distinction between working with AI and working through it isn't semantics. It's the difference between using a tool and becoming the steering layer for one.
The shift from working with AI to working through it changes everything. Specs gave way to skills, and now building AI-native workflow is the capability that matters.
There are two competing visions of how AI will reshape work. Most organisations are starting with one. I think there's a better sequence.
We're at an interesting point with LLMs. The engine has just been invented. Why are people already attaching wings?