Nik Sharma(@mrsharma):I have a lot of respect for anyone building in the consumer AI space… But why is everyone so excited about these assistant apps that are basically just a black box? They’re essentially a Hermes agent with skills to be a better assistant … why not just build that for yourself and own the infrastructure? It only takes 45 min to setup and you’ll have the memory, context, skills for all your agents + the knowledge of how this stuff all works! Call me old school, but I’d rather have one system with 20 agents vs 20 systems running 20 bifurcated experiences

2026.08.18 17:49

I have a lot of respect for anyone building in the consumer AI space… But why is everyone so excited about these assistant apps that are basically just a black box? They’re essentially a Hermes agent with skills to be a better assistant … why not just build that for yourself and own the infrastructure? It only takes 45 min to setup and you’ll have the memory, context, skills for all your agents + the knowledge of how this stuff all works! Call me old school, but I’d rather have one system with 20 agents vs 20 systems running 20 bifurcated experiences

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