Peter Yang

A developer reflects on a decade of UI-focused work and argues that with AI agents increasingly acting as the first layer of interaction, products and platforms need to shift focus toward agent optimization rather than traditional human-centered UI design.

I've spent over a decade obsessing about building great user interfaces but have to admit the "user" part is becoming increasingly less important when agents will take a first pass at everything.

Your product and platform (and even internal doc) needs to be agent optimized.

<p>I've spent over a decade obsessing about building great user interfaces but have to admit the &quot;user&quot; part is becoming increasingly less important when agents will take a first pass at everything.

Your product and platform (and even internal doc) needs to be agent optimized.</p>

I've spent over a decade obsessing about building great user interfaces but have to admit the "user" part is becoming increasingly less important when agents will take a first pass at everything. Your product and platform (and even internal doc) needs to be agent optimized.