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• By mmcclure 2026-03-0516:371 reply

  I haven't used Jido for anything yet, but it's one of those projects I check in on once a month or so. BEAM does seem like a perfect fit for an agent framework, but the ecosystem seeming limited has held me back from going too far down that path. Excited to see 2.0!

  Just a heads up, some of your code samples seem to be having an issue with entity escaping.

      name: "my_agent",
      description: "A simple agent",

  By mikehostetler 2026-03-0517:58

  Thank you! Fixing ...

• By kzemek 2026-03-0522:591 reply

  I really like the focus on “data and pure functions” from the beginning of the post.

  I’ve read a lot on HN about how BEAM execution model is perfect for AI. I think a crucial part that’s usually missing in LLM-focused libraries is the robustness story in the face of node failures, rolling deployments, etc. There’s a misconception about Elixir (demonstrated in one of the claw comments below) that it provides location transparency - it ain’t so. You can have the most robust OTP node, but if you commit to an agent inside a long running process, it will go down when the node does.

  Having clear, pure agent state between every API call step goes a long way towards solving that - put it in Mnesia or Redis, pick up on another node when the original is decommissioned. Checkpointing is the solution

  By mikehostetler 2026-03-0523:281 reply

  My strongest opinion with Jido is that agents must be architecturally correct WITHOUT LLM's before they can be correct WITH LLM's

  Jido core has zero LLM support for this reason.

  There's nearing 40+ years of "Agent" research in CompSci, LLM's came along and we threw out all of it. I didn't like that so I spent time researching this history to do my best at considering it with Jido.

  That said, I love LLM's - but they belong in the Jido AI package.

  By kzemek 2026-03-061:28

  Fair enough! My comment is about agentic-focused libraries in general, it’s inaccurate of me to call all such libraries “LLM-focused”

  Speaking of inaccuracies, BEAM does provide pretty good location transparency - but resource migration between nodes in particular is not part of the built-in goodies that OTP brings

• By neya 2026-03-0517:431 reply

  Love this! The timing couldn't be more perfect. I had to write my agent framework with a mix of gen servers and Oban. It's honestly a pain to deal with. This looks like it will really remove a lot of pain for development. Thank you so much!

  By mikehostetler 2026-03-0517:58

  <3