Enjoyed Dave's post coining Deterministic Core, Agentic Shell. Functions aren't going anywhere, but imperative code is shifting from if/else to an LLM's decisions.

Lotta folks losing the thread here. https://blog.davemo.com/posts/2026-02-14-deterministic-core-agentic-shell.html

Justin Searls

A new architectural pattern called "Deterministic Core, Agentic Shell" is emerging where traditional imperative control flow (if/else statements) is being replaced by LLM-based decision making, while core functions remain deterministic. This represents a fundamental shift in how software handles logic branching, with AI agents making decisions at the shell layer rather than hardcoded conditionals.

Enjoyed Dave's post coining…