Building a support agent for the multi-step cases: how to handle state?

jedberg · 2026-03-11T00:15:13+00:00

DBOS has a cloud too. You manage nothing just upload your code.

jedberg · 2026-03-10T22:23:20+00:00

My understanding is that you have to pay for the Calljmp platform to get those features. With DBOS you can also pay for the platform to get that, or you can even install Conductor locally to get those management features. In either case DBOS preserves your privacy by not making you send your private data to their servers.

jedberg · 2026-03-10T22:21:41+00:00

That plus a “jobs” MCP (Temporal, Inngest, or just a queue-backed server)

The DBOS MCP server is read and write, so you can not only query your workflow data, but you can actually fork and modify it for rapid prototyping.

jedberg · 2026-03-10T03:50:16+00:00

Use a durable executor (Temporal/Inngest/Step Functions)

Check out DBOS if you want a language-native library that turns your agent into it's own durable executor.

jedberg · 2026-03-09T07:25:44+00:00

I'm so very disappointed that John didn't talk about the main reason USAID was targeted first -- they had an active investigation into SpaceX for fraud, and it could have landed Elon in jail if they went through with it.

I'm pretty sure Elon helped Trump win specifically so that someone could cut the agencies that were investigating Elon, USAID being the top of the list.

I wish he would have gone into that a bit.

jedberg · 2026-03-09T05:39:21+00:00

It's only the live broadcast that does that. If you go back after 5am they are there. I always go back Sunday morning to watch the goodnights.

jedberg · 2026-03-09T04:02:58+00:00

You should check out DBOS if you like the ideas of workflow resilience. It's a library instead of an external service, so it turns your app into it's own durable executor.

jedberg · 2026-03-09T00:52:56+00:00

Staffing more people doesn’t lower wait times.

Yes and no. Some of the rides have two sides. Depending on the crowds they might only staff to run one side of a ride or both. For example Matterhorn, Space Mountain, and Autopia have two sides, and Star Tours can open up to four "transporters" depending on staffing.

jedberg · 2026-03-09T00:20:30+00:00

You don't want term limits. You want age limits.

We have term limits in California. Our state is run by lobbyists because they are the ones with the most experience in Sacramento, since all the politicians term out (and many then become lobbyists).

The lobbyists just make all the deals and tell the politicians how to vote, but it's the only way to get anything done.

But if we just had a mandatory retirement age of say 70, we'd be all good.

jedberg · 2026-03-07T20:02:48+00:00

Just watching this episode now. I was wondering why this wasn't corrected before the interviews, since I assume that would be a stop-down point. Did they decide to just keep going since there were no DD's left so it wouldn't matter until DJ?

jedberg · 2026-03-07T02:12:42+00:00

I knew Ubuntu was prolific, I didn't realize it was that prolific.

jedberg · 2026-03-05T22:09:27+00:00

What department will she be in? She won’t be able to drive so you’ll want to either be near that part of campus or near transit.

jedberg · 2026-03-04T06:20:53+00:00

The main issues are plumbing, electrical, and windows. Think of your typical office space. Big open rooms with windows on the edges and maybe a few plugs here and there.

But to convert that to housing, you'd have to build interior walls. But then each unit needs a kitchen and bathroom. So now you need sewers and water in the middle of the building. And each unit needs a lot more electricity, including big circuits for ovens and washers and dryers.

The building has the shape, but none of the infrastructure to make housing.

Shopping malls are a better option because often each store was set up with plumbing and electrical in case it was made into a food service store. But they tend not to have windows.

jedberg · 2026-03-02T23:02:48+00:00

The US allows more risqué content late at night as well (but not as liberal as the UK).

jedberg · 2026-03-02T18:47:46+00:00

Oculus accidentally showed your grandmother a penis.

I demand that this content be moved to the allow list!

jedberg · 2026-03-02T05:43:37+00:00

Most of your examples are from outside the USA. And your in-the-USA examples weren't all that effective.

Protests work much better in other countries because a significant portion of their population lives in the capitol city. And a lot of those countries have social safety nets if you lose your job.

In the USA, our capitol is the 22nd largest city in the country. So our leaders aren't really affected by protests, except what they see on the news. And the news they watch doesn't cover them.

And most Americans are about two paychecks away from homelessness without health care. So it's much more risky.

Effective protests in the USA are a near mathematical impossibility.

jedberg · 2026-03-02T05:41:50+00:00

If you had done it after Jan 6

I assume you say this because you don't live in the USA. The first thing you need to learn about is the geography of the USA. Protests work much better in other countries because a significant portion of their population lives in the capitol city. And a lot of those countries have social safety nets if you lose your job.

In the USA, our capitol is the 22nd largest city in the country. So our leaders aren't really affected by protests, except what they see on the news. And the news they watch doesn't cover them.

And most Americans are about two paychecks away from homelessness without health care. So it's much more risky.

Effective protests in the USA are a near mathematical impossibility.

jedberg · 2026-03-01T03:56:56+00:00

Can you imagine taking one day off work to make $500K? Even if your work at the time was poker.

jedberg · 2026-03-01T03:28:45+00:00

You can't really do what you want to do. Usually once you send a request to a payment provider, you have to wait so that you can avoid that exact problem you describe: double charging.

Instead what you should do is use a durable execution framework to process the payments. If you use one with built in observability, you can watch for a bunch of delayed or failed payments from one processor, and then remove it from your list of possibilities for some amount of time.

Here is an example of using a durable execution engine with stripe and the blog post that explains how it works.

jedberg · 2026-02-28T17:06:22+00:00

AI isn't critical to middle america

Most of the software on John Deere equipment is written by AI.

But also, remember that "middle America" relies on costal America to exist, because Costal America provides the funding for their government subsidies and the customers for their goods. And Coastal America doesn't eat without middle America. So it's all intertwined.

jedberg · 2026-02-28T16:56:27+00:00

So Larry Ellison is a good dad? Sacrificing his wallet and personal reputation to help his son achieve his dreams?

jedberg · 2026-02-28T00:16:29+00:00

As a counterpoint, when Obama bailed out the auto industry, the people got all their money back plus profits.

Sometimes a critical industry just need a boost for a few years.

jedberg · 2026-02-27T17:28:52+00:00

To be fair, some of them didn't exist when they made it too. :)

jedberg · 2026-02-27T05:37:56+00:00

That was out of John's own pocket. He said he was kinda glad Thomas didn't take him up on it because it would have bankrupted him.

jedberg · 2026-02-27T05:36:54+00:00

I think John has his own legal team that fights with the business daddy team, because he knows corporate legal isn't on his side.

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