Comment by rsanheim

Is there a term for AI-fueled dev psychosis? "AI architecture astronaut" ? There should be one if not. Or maybe just AI-fueled hucksterisim...

I recognize 100% that a tool to manage ai agents with long term context tracking is going to be a big thing. Many folks have written versions of this already. But mashing together the complexity of k8s with a hodge podge of lotr and mad max references is not it.

Its like the complexity of J2EE combined with AI-fueled solipsim and a microdosing mushroom regime gone off the rails. What even are all the layers of abstractions here? and to build what? What actual apps or systems has this thing built? AFAICT it has built gas town, and nothing else. Not surprising that it has eaten its own tail.

The amount of jargon, ai art, pop culture references, and excessive complexity going on here is truly amazing, and I would assume its satire if I didn't know Yegge's style and previous writings. Its like someone looked at the amount of overlapping and confusing tools Anthropic has released around Claude Code, and said "hold my beer, hand me 3 red bulls and a shot of espresso, I can top that!".

I do think a friend of mine nailed it though with this quote: "This whole "I'm using agents to write so much software" building-in-public trend, but without actually showing what they built, reminds me of the people selling courses on stock trading or drop shipping."

The amount of get-rich quick schemes around any new tech are boundless. As yegge himself points out in the post towards the end, you'd be surprised what you can pull off with a ridiculous blog post, big-tech reputation, and excessive LOC dev-tools in a hype-driven market. How could it be wrong if it aligns so closely with so many CEOs dreams?