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by JumpCrisscross 3 days ago
> It's built for ai agents, tmux works but isn't designed for an ai workflow

So an opportunity to learn the Bitter Lesson [1].

If tmux is good enough for people today, it should be good enough for agets tomorrow. That gap might comprise a beachhead. But you'd better scramble off the shores onto something more defensible fast.

[1] http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html

1 comments

You say this like there's no value in a transitional technology. Yes, tmux should be good enough for agents tomorrow. But here we are, today.

Also, herdr is just an open source project with no VC capital behind it. So I don't think it needs to scramble to something more defensible. It can live a happy life pleasing users and then fade into obsolescence.

> Yes, tmux should be good enough for agents tomorrow. But here we are, today.

tmux is good enough for agents today. they're great at driving it, they're great at customizing it, what's the problem people have with it? i am confused.