Comment by OsrsNeedsf2P

2 days ago

Yea.. our startup greatly overestimated how hard it is to make a good agent loop. Handling exit conditions, command timeouts, context management, UI, etc is surprisingly hard to do seamlessly.

I'm curious which startup, if you wouldn't mind sharing?

For reciprocity, I work at Imbue, and we can also attest to the real work complexities of this domain.

Do you mean they underestimated how hard it is?

  • No, overestimated. You can make a terrible CC in 200 LoC, but after using it for 3 minutes you'll realize how much more goes into it

    • Gotta admit, the phrasing tripped me up as well. You underestimated the effort that ultimately went into it