People

The people in the conversation.

Some of the most useful thinking in this field arrives as a person's running commentary rather than as a release note. These pages track that, with one rule that does not bend: a post is a receipt for what was said, never for what is true.

Jeffrey Emanuel @doodlestein
Builds the most complete public account of multi-agent orchestration, and describes its coordination layer as advisory.

Agent Flywheel

Masthead

Michael Ruescher @ruemic

You can just make software now. Bitter Frontier is me keeping track of what that unlocks and what it breaks.

Everyone we quote

Derived from the cards in every issue, not maintained by hand. It is a record of whose words we have reproduced and where, not a ranking and not an endorsement. A post is a receipt for what was said, never for what is true.

Teknium 🪽 @Teknium

12 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , Before the First Turn , Extensible All the Way Down , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Newer, Numbered Lower , Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control , Governance, Sold Separately , Who's Allowed to Say Yes , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had , Auto Stops Asking , Done Is Not the Agent's Call , Watchable Is Not Watched
Boris Cherny @bcherny

11 posts quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower , Rules Became Judgment , Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control , Protected on Paper , Who's Allowed to Say Yes , Auto Stops Asking , Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Tibo @thsottiaux

11 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , The Handoff Has an API , Before the First Turn , Approvals Belong to the App , Done Is Not the Agent's Call , The Body, Not the Pencil
Mario Zechner @badlogicgames

8 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , The Handoff Has an API , Extensible All the Way Down , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had , Done Is Not the Agent's Call , Oh My Pi, without the Pi
ClaudeDevs @ClaudeDevs

7 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , The Handoff Has an API , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Rules Became Judgment , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Armin Ronacher ⇌ @mitsuhiko

7 posts quoted in Approvals Belong to the App , Extensible All the Way Down , Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control , Oh My Pi, without the Pi
Thariq @trq212

6 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , The Handoff Has an API , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Rules Became Judgment , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Can Bölük @_can1357

5 posts quoted in Extensible All the Way Down , Oh My Pi, without the Pi
fks @FredKSchott

5 posts quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower , Patched for Whom , Protected on Paper , Who's Allowed to Say Yes
Lydia Hallie ✨ @lydiahallie

5 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Newer, Numbered Lower
Simon Willison @simonw

5 posts quoted in Approvals Belong to the App , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Rules Became Judgment , Governance, Sold Separately
Peter Steinberger 🦞 @steipete

5 posts quoted in Before the First Turn , Extensible All the Way Down , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control , Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Cursor @cursor_ai

4 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Patched for Whom , Only One of Them Asks
Graham Neubig @gneubig

4 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Patched for Whom , Protected on Paper
Olek @oleksoleksoleks

4 posts quoted in Oh My Pi, without the Pi
OpenClaw🦞 @openclaw

4 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control , Who's Allowed to Say Yes , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
eric provencher @pvncher

4 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , Auto Stops Asking , The Body, Not the Pencil
Claude @claudeai

3 posts quoted in Watchable Is Not Watched , Only One of Them Asks
Jeffrey Emanuel @doodlestein

3 posts quoted in Extensible All the Way Down , Newer, Numbered Lower , Rules Became Judgment
dotta 📎 @dotta

3 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , Who's Allowed to Say Yes , Only One of Them Asks
Matt Pocock @mattpocockuk

3 posts quoted in Rules Became Judgment , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Nous Research @NousResearch

3 posts quoted in Before the First Turn , Patched for Whom , Governance, Sold Separately
OpenAI @OpenAI

3 posts quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower , Watchable Is Not Watched , The Body, Not the Pencil
Johann Rehberger @wunderwuzzi23

3 posts quoted in Before the First Turn , Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click , Who's Allowed to Say Yes
colin @acsmif

2 posts quoted in Approvals Belong to the App , The Body, Not the Pencil
Andrew Barba @andrew_barba

2 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Governance, Sold Separately
Ayyaz @ayyazdev

2 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Claude Code Changelog @ClaudeCodeLog

2 posts quoted in Protected on Paper , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Composio @composio

2 posts quoted in Before the First Turn , Approvals Belong to the App
dex @dexhorthy

2 posts quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
EliaAlberti @EliaAlberti

2 posts quoted in Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click
Gemini CLI @geminicli

2 posts quoted in Protected on Paper , Auto Stops Asking
hackerlogs @hackerlogs

2 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Before the First Turn
Hazem Omier @hazemomier

2 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , Before the First Turn
Ronan Berder @hunvreus

2 posts quoted in Governance, Sold Separately , Protected on Paper
Jason Steving @JasonSteving

2 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Before the First Turn
Lucas Meijer @lucasmeijer

2 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , The Body, Not the Pencil
Omnigent @omnigent_ai

2 posts quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower
OpenAI Developers @OpenAIDevs

2 posts quoted in Approvals Belong to the App , The Body, Not the Pencil
Pi @pidotdev

2 posts quoted in The Handoff Has an API , Extensible All the Way Down
Pillar Security @Pillar_sec

2 posts quoted in Rules Became Judgment
@PovilasKorop

2 posts quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Shengzhe @shengzheyao

2 posts quoted in Rules Became Judgment , Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control
swyx @swyx

2 posts quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent , Watchable Is Not Watched
Theo - t3.gg @theo

2 posts quoted in Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control , The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
the tiny corp @__tinygrad__

1 post quoted in Patched for Whom
Evan Boyle @_Evan_Boyle

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Ryan Lopopolo @_lopopolo

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
Movez @0xMovez

1 post quoted in Governance, Sold Separately
wecior @12wecior

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
Building qorqut @49agents

1 post quoted in Approvals Belong to the App
8bit64k @8bit64k_X

1 post quoted in Governance, Sold Separately
Etna @AgentEtna

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
AIR @air__security

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
Akash Hadagali @akashc777

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
小杰 @alading22

1 post quoted in Extensible All the Way Down
Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Andrzej Dąbrowski @ardabrowski

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
@aronprins

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Ashwin Gopinath @ashwingop

1 post quoted in Governance, Sold Separately
アスラ|Asura-AI @asura25ai

1 post quoted in Approvals Belong to the App
Bartender Loopy🍸 @bartender_loopy

1 post quoted in Governance, Sold Separately
bayes @bayeslord

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
Ben Gold @bengold

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Ben Vargas @benvargas

1 post quoted in Oh My Pi, without the Pi
Billy Gigurtsis @bgigurtsis

1 post quoted in Two Reasons Not to Trust the Click
Michael Bolin @bolinfest

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
احمد @born2code

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
Kirill Dubovitskiy @bra1n_dump

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Bren @BrenBuilds

1 post quoted in The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Cloudflare Changelog @CFchangelog

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Dmitry Dirin @chaka_kuka

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Tak 🦞 @cherry_mx_reds

1 post quoted in The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
周尔复 @cholf5

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
Chris A @Chris__A91

1 post quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower
Elisabeth | AI Builder + UGC Deals @closermethod

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
智昊 - OPC版 @cnzhihao

1 post quoted in Approvals Belong to the App
Colin @colinsolvely

1 post quoted in Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control
Crepe Supreme @crepesupreme

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
Darshan Yadav @DarshanSays

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
@delba_oliveira

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Diane Liu @dianeliu21

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Thomas Ricouard @Dimillian

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
宝玉 @dotey

1 post quoted in The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Edwin Rubio @EdwinRubioIam

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
Matt Silverlock @elithrar

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
Erdal @ErdalToprak

1 post quoted in Oh My Pi, without the Pi
rishi @exyota

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Damián🦞 @fagamericano

1 post quoted in Extensible All the Way Down
geoff @GeoffreyHuntley

1 post quoted in Only One of Them Asks
Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz

1 post quoted in Patched for Whom
AskClaw 🦀 @GetAskClaw

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Kevin Gray @graykevinb

1 post quoted in Oh My Pi, without the Pi
Maurice G. @GreenlandMa1

1 post quoted in Patched for Whom
Glenn Thimmes @gthimmes

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
Andres Villa | AI @iamandresvilla

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Irushi @Im_IrushiK

1 post quoted in Approvals Belong to the App
Isac Ciobota @isacciobota

1 post quoted in Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control
Cynthia Toporowski @ItsCynnamoroll

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
jacob paris ▲ @jacobmparis

1 post quoted in Protected on Paper
Shiro - Japan AI Builders @japanaibuilders

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Jarret @Jarretcoon

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
Jay @jayrao

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
JimiLonbo @jimmy_longbow_

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
Johhan Santana @JohhanSantana

1 post quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower
John Rood @johnroodepic

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Kilo (acq. by Anaconda) @kilocode

1 post quoted in Protected on Paper
Kilian Lieret @KLieret

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Kush @kushbhuwalka

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Kylian @kylianCros

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Liad Shababo @L1AD

1 post quoted in Who's Allowed to Say Yes
LimboAI @limbopeng

1 post quoted in Extensible All the Way Down
@lkr

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Slade 🛡️ LLM Hacker @llm_redteam

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
Lucas @lucas_builds

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
岚叔 @LufzzLiz

1 post quoted in The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
itewqq @lyq_sqsp

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
@malm_magnus

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Mar-cel Reed @mar_cel_reed

1 post quoted in Approvals Belong to the App
Matthew Lam @mattlam_

1 post quoted in Only One of Them Asks
Marco Bonelli @mebeim

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
MIKE @mikenevermiss

1 post quoted in The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Mike Yoon @mikeyoon_

1 post quoted in Foreground Attention Is No Longer the Control
engineer cat 🐈 @MLCatttt

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Michael Truell @mntruell

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
nader @nadre3000

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Nate Berkopec @nateberkopec

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Netlify @Netlify

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
@NielsAbdellatif

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Noah @noahreeveshq

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
N. Taylor Mullen @ntaylormullen

1 post quoted in Protected on Paper
Logan Kilpatrick @OfficialLoganK

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Ofir Press @OfirPress

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Onur Solmaz @onusoz

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
Owen @owenology

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Paperclip @papercliping

1 post quoted in Patched for Whom
Paweł Huryn @PawelHuryn

1 post quoted in The Policy You Wrote Wasn't the Policy You Had
Yuu💖 @QuantumTransf

1 post quoted in Extensible All the Way Down
@rcmisk

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Rob Parker @robdubparker

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
@RobertNowell1

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment
Ryan Hanson @ryHanson

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Sagar Tanur 🇮🇳 @Sagarvd01

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
EasyWorld @sh740451

1 post quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower
Shantanu Goel @shantanugoel

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Stephen Schoettler @SteveSchoettler

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
たから@インフラエンジニア×ClaudeCode @takara_infra

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
Niresh @the_niresh

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
Rohan Varma @TheRohanVarma

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
Sun of Dog @thesunofdog

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Thorsten Ball @thorstenball

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
Tianyi Cui @tianyi

1 post quoted in Extensible All the Way Down
tonbi @tonbistudio

1 post quoted in The Handoff Has an API
Trail of Bits @trailofbits

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
@transpiracy

1 post quoted in Oh My Pi, without the Pi
Trent Doney @TrentDoney

1 post quoted in Done Is Not the Agent's Call
Roy @usr_bin_roygbiv

1 post quoted in Auto Stops Asking
vladimir metnew @v_metnew

1 post quoted in Patched for Whom
voxium @v0xium

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
VerySmallWoods @verysmallwoods

1 post quoted in Extensible All the Way Down
Vihaan Motwani @vihaanmotwani

1 post quoted in The Body, Not the Pencil
will depue @willdepue

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Xingyao Wang @xingyaow_

1 post quoted in Protected on Paper
Xu Li @XuLi135803

1 post quoted in Newer, Numbered Lower
Yannis @yannisbuilds

1 post quoted in The Owner Can Be an Agent
Zain @zainhas

1 post quoted in Before the First Turn
@zby

1 post quoted in Rules Became Judgment