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Building pi in a World of Slop — Mario Zechner
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Mario Zechner explains why he built pi, a minimal coding agent, out of frustration with existing agent harnesses. He also discusses how AI agents are straining open source projects and argues for slowing down.
HN commenters recommend it as a first-hand argument for building your own lean agent harness instead of relying on bloated, vendor-controlled ones.
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