The Chopping Block(@_choppingblock):.@HadickM says local agents are a rounding error. Tarun says open source always starts ugly. Rob: "you can absolutely use Hermes and, like, set up a local agent" "the amount of capital they have is gonna be essentially de minimis" "I like Hermes, but took me way too much time to get it to the right place" Tarun: "It always starts kind of shitty UX-wise and always improves over time" "No one wanted to use the sanction trading agents, right?" "We should just acknowledge that all commerce is gonna look like crypto"

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2026.10.24 14:18

.@HadickM says local agents are a rounding error. Tarun says open source always starts ugly. Rob: "you can absolutely use Hermes and, like, set up a local agent" "the amount of capital they have is gonna be essentially de minimis" "I like Hermes, but took me way too much time to get it to the right place" Tarun: "It always starts kind of shitty UX-wise and always improves over time" "No one wanted to use the sanction trading agents, right?" "We should just acknowledge that all commerce is gonna look like crypto"