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Draft outline of a blog post focusing on the new "data primitive for the agent loop" framing of Durable Streams:
https://deploy-preview-4055--electric-next.netlify.app/blog/2026/03/31/data-primitive-for-the-agent-loop
Setup:
S: Agents are stateful — the loop accumulates state; this state is the value; it's a new kind of data.
C: Existing infra wasn't built for it — we know because we tried (Postgres math: 50k w/s vs 20k ceiling).
Q: What's the data primitive for the agent loop?
A: A durable stream.
Body:
Demands → requirements: humans need real-time + async collaboration; agents need spawning, forking, time travel; organizations need governance. Therefore: persistent, addressable, reactive, subscribable, replayable, forkable, lightweight, structured.
Gap: ad-hoc solutions don't scale; databases too heavy; object storage not reactive; Redis no replay/schema. None covers the full set.
Solution: durable stream = append-only log with URL. Maps every requirement. Unlocks: resilient sessions, multi-user/multi-agent collaboration, spawning hierarchies, async governance, etc.
Drainpipe:
Agents are stateful. The state is the value. It needs a new primitive — native to the agent loop. That's a Durable Stream.