GUI is dead. Long live agents. 🤖
Computer interfaces keep evolving: command line → thick clients → the web → and now, agents. Most people move through the same stages with agentic engineering:
Level 1: “I’m getting so much more done.” ⚡ AI speeds up how you write code.
Level 2: “I can build all these features myself, ship to every platform.” 🚀 AI removes the limits on what you can scope and build.
Level 3: “Why build a UI at all? I can expose the data via MCP and let users’ own agents pull data, generate reports, take action directly.” 🔌 The interface itself becomes optional.
The front end is dissolving into the protocol layer. The product isn’t the screen anymore, it’s the API your users’ agents can talk to. 👀
Originally posted on LinkedIn.