Raising an Agent, S2E3: When Tokens Flow Like Electricity. @sqs and @thorstenball on what happens when intelligence gets cheap: build vs. buy flips, why everyone building software to build software to do X is probably incorrect, and when software starts to feel like owning a house instead of renting one. 00:00 Intro: Cheap intelligence & doing X instead of building software to do X 01:06 Back home after Munich & what's changed in how we build 02:06 Predictions: the price of intelligence drops, tokens flow like electricity 05:54 Everyone is building dev tools & why that's the wrong bet 06:57 Pet theory: engineers can't believe it's this easy 10:33 Orbs vs. EC2, a VPN & tmux 17:18 Build vs. buy when the models keep changing 20:14 If Amp is worth buying, why isn't an issue tracker? 27:34 Killing features & vibe coding the 2% of a SaaS product you need 30:03 Build on a solid core: glue code is the worst part 33:19 The two Amps: jellyware, homeowners & renters 37:01 Exporting the Amp way to more teams 43:42 Opinionated software from people you trust