Keyan Zhang(@keyanzhang):响鼓不用重锤 (a resonant drum needs only a light tap) is my favorite way to think about major model upgrades. Astra is really good at following instructions. please trim down your old skills, AGENTS.md, and custom instructions. i'd even recommend deleting everything and adding parts back only as needed. we've seen Astra follow old, overly prescriptive instructions so strictly that it ends up either constrained or being extra. you might need to give a junior engineer detailed instructions, but a principal engineer needs room to exercise judgment. share your high-level goal, define success clearly, and trust Astra to figure it out.

2026.09.05 06:56

响鼓不用重锤 (a resonant drum needs only a light tap) is my favorite way to think about major model upgrades. Astra is really good at following instructions. please trim down your old skills, AGENTS.md, and custom instructions. i'd even recommend deleting everything and adding parts back only as needed. we've seen Astra follow old, overly prescriptive instructions so strictly that it ends up either constrained or being extra. you might need to give a junior engineer detailed instructions, but a principal engineer needs room to exercise judgment. share your high-level goal, define success clearly, and trust Astra to figure it out.