A korrentour reading

Customising an operating system by asking an agent replaces esoteric config syntax as the way customisation actually works.

Drawn from what Tobias Lütke said

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What Tobias Lütke actually said

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Tobias Lütke 18 Aug 2026

Now you can have a quake style console in your operating system. Except with an infinitely patient agent to help you customize it instead of esoteric variable names and slash commands like in the 90s

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First recorded here 18 Aug 2026 · How quotes work

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Chatbot interfaces are the wrong tool for meaningful coding work, because you are mostly hoping the model recalls the right answer and correcting it requires a human in the loop.

Customising a system by asking an agent for it is precisely the chat-shaped interface Hashimoto argues is the wrong tool once the work becomes meaningful.

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