Ha, I literally used the same musician-to-conductor analogy in something I wrote recently. The bit I'd add is that the conductor still needs a well-structured orchestra. If the framework underneath doesn't enforce conventions, your AI agents play whatever they feel like and you're back to cleaning up after them. Explored this here: https://reading.sh/laravel-is-the-framework-for-the-agentic-era-76a8f8ec1fb4
That's a great callout. I haven't talked at all about specification writing or the level of diligence that'll be required as inputs which I think might be where tech foundations, patterns, guardrails could live.
Ha, I literally used the same musician-to-conductor analogy in something I wrote recently. The bit I'd add is that the conductor still needs a well-structured orchestra. If the framework underneath doesn't enforce conventions, your AI agents play whatever they feel like and you're back to cleaning up after them. Explored this here: https://reading.sh/laravel-is-the-framework-for-the-agentic-era-76a8f8ec1fb4
Musician/constructor is a great mental model. Thanks for engaging.
That's a great callout. I haven't talked at all about specification writing or the level of diligence that'll be required as inputs which I think might be where tech foundations, patterns, guardrails could live.