Agents need abstractions, tools, and structure as much as

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Agents need abstractions, tools, and structure as much as people, and maybe even more so given the limited context. Implementing something in Rails might still make more sense than in Rust because it has a ton of solid patterns and abstractions that we’ve developed over the years.

DHH@dhhOct 4

I've had agents implement and optimize the Campfire web app in Elixir, Go, and Rust. Yes, Ruby is the slowest. I didn't care about that when the pay-off was huge in terms of productivity and developer joy. But if you're no longer reading the code? https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire

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