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A bug report endpoint for agents
Answers in Real Time
When an agent using the software hits a bug and files a report, the answer comes back at once. The LLM can reply that it is a good bug, that it has been filed, that it will be fixed next week, and that here is a workaround to try in the meantime.
The API Line
Venkatesh Rao has a line for who gets told what to do: someone who drives for Uber sits below the API line, taking instructions from software. Above the line, you are the one giving them. AI erases the API line.
A bug report that answers back shows how companies could work: a back and forth with the system, with no fixed instruction to follow.
How do ride apps give orders to drivers?
Uber's app matches ride requests with nearby drivers and shows each driver a pickup point and fare. Drivers accept or decline through the app, which also tracks ratings and completion rates. Researchers call this arrangement algorithmic management. Sociologist Alex Rosenblat studied it in her 2018 book Uberland.
Why do bug reports take so long?
A typical report lands in an issue tracker, where a person must triage it, reproduce it, and assign an owner. Each step waits on a human's calendar, so a reply often takes days. Open source projects such as Mozilla's Bugzilla have worked this way since the 1990s. Bugzilla itself dates to 1998.
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