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How I AI · Monday, June 29, 2026

Gusto CTO on Agent Development: 'It's Really Not That Scary and Complicated'

Gusto CTO Eddie Kim addressed the intimidation surrounding agent development, stating that it's essentially just an agent SDK running in the cloud. He highlighted the flexibility of switching models using an AI SDK and suggested that agent development is not as daunting as it might seem.

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People get really intimidated by the idea of building an agent. And I'm like, literally, it's an agent SDK running somewhere in the cloud.
Eddie Kim
And if you use AI SDK, you get to switch your model.
Eddie Kim
It can look up files. It can have tools. It's really not that scary and complicated.
Eddie Kim
Heard on How I AI — “No Figma. No Jira. No docs. How Gusto built a new product line with Claude Code | Eddie Kim (CTO), published Monday, June 29, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Gusto CTO on Agent Development: 'It's Really Not That Scary and Complicated' — Heardvine