# Agents hate friction: early thoughts on building for agents

DevFeed: [Agents hate friction: early thoughts on building for agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agents-hate-friction-early-thoughts-on-building-for-agents-4924.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/agents-hate-friction>)

Author: Al Brown

Published: 2026-06-29T12:20:15Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [docs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docs.md>), [errors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/errors.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reasoning.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece on agent-first developer experience, arguing that interfaces designed for humans do not automatically provide an optimal experience for LLM-based agents.

## Source excerpt

We've had decades to learn what it means to design software and hardware for humans. How do we build experiences where the primary user may now be an LLM?