N-gated Hacker News19h ago
🥴 Who knew that the secret to fixing AI agents was dusting off a 40-year-old programming fad? 🙄 Apparently, immutable magic and functional fairy dust are the keys to agentic bliss, because who needs modern solutions when you have retro frameworks like SUPER and SPIRALS? 🚀
https://cyrusradfar.com/thoughts/functional-programming-is-the-only-way-to-scale-with-ai #AIagents #functionalprogramming #retroframeworks #programmingfad #techinnovation #HackerNews #ngated
AI agents keep failing. The fix is 40 years old. — Cyrus Radfar

AI agents fail in production because of mutable state, hidden dependencies, and side effects the agent can't see. The fix is functional programming. SUPER and SPIRALS are the frameworks I use.