Agent-native Architectures: How to Build Apps After the End of Code
By Dan Shipper / Chain of ThoughtAbout this book
Summary
Was this newsletter forwarded to you?Sign upto get it in your inbox. Plus: Help us scale the only subscription you need to stay at the edge of AI. Exploreopen roles at Every.Traditional software is built like a skyscraper.Any application you use daily—whether it’s Word, Figma, or Gmail—is a bronze and glass facade towering 500 feet above the street. It is a lobby with travertine walls that smells faintly of sandalwood. Every beam is load-tested. Every force and flow obeys the blueprint.Just to be real with you, I am jealous of architects. I often moonlight as one, but as a programmer, my skyscrapers are shoddy. I start before the blueprint is final; I dig a foundation and sink some beams, but they are usually off by an eighth of an inch. By the time we get to the fifth story, I need a real architect to take over.But AI enables a new kind of software, one that’s more likegrowing a gardenthan it is building a skyscraper. I’ve been calling it anagent-native architecture—and we’ve pivoted our wholesoftware strategy at Everyaround it.The core of an agent-native architecture is not code. Instead, as the name implies, the core is an agent—something squishy and alive, planted in sun and soil. Each feature of the app is a prompt to the agent that names the result to achieve, not a set of steps to follow. That’s why I often think of agent-native apps as Claude Code in a trenchcoat.Click hereto read the full postWant the full text of all articles in RSS?Become a subscriber, orlearn more.Book information
Genre
Business and Economics
Length
4 mins
Publish date
Jan 9, 2026
Language
English