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1. tolugenius · 1790091450 · focus · HN ↗

   > About 20 Markdown files described browser use, connectors, payments, credentials, data handling, generated files, voice, goals, and scheduling.

   This the state of software engineering in 2026.

   Edit: clarified engineering to software engineering, which is more correct

   1. s08148692 · 1790092923 · focus · HN ↗

      To be fair there's probably a considerable amount of engineering that went into evaluating those markdown files so the agent behaviour is statistically reliable. The markdown is the product, not the process

      1. estetlinus · 1790094613 · focus · HN ↗

         That’s a bold assumption. I would be surprise if they even read those skills (I don’t know anyone actually reading SKILL files)

         1. TeMPOraL · 1790103786 · focus · HN ↗

            I do, I like to know how badly my agents' context is wasted and what unexpected side effects to watch for (like, "always start with ${clitool} --help" == always waste few hundred tokens when even touching the skill; or instructions asking it to do something that generalize into stupid thing in larger context).

            If those skills were unreadable, however, that would imply proper engineering - like e.g. the skills themselves being an output of iterative RL over set of evals.

            1. aesthesia · 1790104150 · focus · HN ↗

               I don't think unreadable skills implies proper engineering at all. It's just as or more likely that they're the result of a blind iterative process with no clear improvement signal. (And whether iterative RL over a set of evals is actually proper engineering here is another question...)

               1. TeMPOraL · 1790104327 · focus · HN ↗

                  > And whether iterative RL over a set of evals is actually proper engineering here is another question...

                  I'd put it like this: regardless of the merit of how they're applied, it would at least demonstrate possession of the advanced skills expected of experienced software engineers.

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