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Dots: Always-on agents

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  1. cavoirom · · focus · HN ↗
    I feel the AI provider doesn't get the points, every harness they created will lock-in with their model (why din't they?), this prevent the adoption because people scare vendor lock-in. They may develop these harness within a provider neutral company (owned by them), the harness may success when combining with competitor models, they still gain benefits.
    1. beering · · focus · HN ↗
      What’s the actual lock-in, in practice? Seems like the switching cost is minimal, compared to the old days of Windows vs Mac where half your stuff wouldn’t run on the other.
      1. cavoirom · · focus · HN ↗
        Because the harness is in its early form. The more advanced harness in the current time look like Amp:

        - Cloud workspace (Orb) and agents.

        - Multiple agents with different LLMs and system prompts for different roles (Main, Librarian, Oracle...).

        - A universal agent (Puck) for managing the whole workspaces.

        - Web app or native app to work from any devices.

        - Support subcriptions and API keys.

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