1 Hey everyone. I’m Dan. 2 I’m an engineer living in Los Angeles. I’ve been in engineering for like 25 years and I’ve been lucky. 3 One way I’ve been lucky lately is that I’ve gotten the chance to flail at making agents run reliably in production. I mean specifically “agents” that consumers are meant to use, to perform tasks on their behalf. I’d consider those distinct from chatbots that users talk to with largely subjective outputs and outcomes. 4 The goal of making a minimally-embarrassing agentic experience that I’m actually proud of imposes some serious challenges. 5 Clearly not everyone is motivated by their inner sense of shame, as I am. Some people are more than satisfied to give you a subjective advice machine, and let you wander into the wilderness to be eaten by bears. But not me. I’m here for you. 6 I want to say at the outset here that this is the most fun I’ve had building stuff in my whole career! It’s magical and addictive. I’m a dog in a ballpit.…