cateMar 14

"That Slack discussion that aligned the team on an architectural pattern? If it isn't discoverable to the agent, it's illegible in the same way it would be unknown to a new hire joining three months later."

Some of these multi-agent workflow writeups are basically reinventing engineering management from first principles - except with agents instead of humans.

https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering/

Harness engineering: leveraging Codex in an agent-first world

By Ryan Lopopolo, Member of the Technical Staff

Show threadGreg Wilson
@cate Silicon Valley has reinvented the bus at least three times, so why not basic management practices?
Mar 14 at 12:24pmWeb
Show threadmhoyeMar 14
@gvwilson @cate For people who never take public transit or any history courses or management training, all of this must seem like they're doing the most groundbreaking work in history.
Show threadcateMar 14
@gvwilson urgh