Readit Newsrecently posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43520953
Different project
There are a few critical differences. archgw is designed as a data plane for agents - handling and processing ingress and egress (prompt) traffic to/from agents. Unlike frameworks or libraries, it runs as a single process that includes edge functionality and task-specific LLMs, tightly integrated to reduce latency and complexity.
Second, it’s about where the project is headed. Because archgw is built as a proxy server for agents, it’s designed to support emerging low-level protocols like A2A and MCP in a consistent, unified way—so developers can focus purely on high-level agent logic. This borrows from the same design decision that made Envoy successful for microservices: offload infrastructure concerns to a specialized layer, and keep application code clean. In our next big release, you will be able to run archgw as a sidecar proxy for improved orchestration and observability of agents. Something that other projects just won't be able to do.
Kong was designed for APIs. Envoy was built for microservices. Arch is built for agents.
MCP is simply an API protocol, like GraphQL or gRPC.
And since everything is an API, Kong also supports MCP natively (among many other protocols, including all LLMs): https://konghq.com/blog/product-releases/securing-observing-...
fosk commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr
Well.. except that it means you can’t turn off the engines if the throttle encoder fails.
Actually the parent comment was wrong:
You can physically cut off fuel without pulling the thrust lever to idle, because the two are separate controls.
However, it’s against procedure to do so - even dangerous. Throttle should always be at idle before pulling the cutoff switch, because otherwise excessive pressure can be created in the fuel system.
Essentially this is just a best practice, but there is no interlock between throttle and fuel cut off.
Then I got intrigued by your comment in case the throttle encoder fails. Turns out there is double redundancy on the throttle encoder (if one computer fails, the next one takes over), and if both fail the airplane will run on the last known setting at which point the only possible action that can be taken is to cut off the fuel (or keep it running with the last known throttle level).
In this regard both Boeing and Airbus follow the same implementation and there is no difference whatsoever between them.
Perhaps something they I have learned is that cutting off fuel during max throttle position (take off) may have damaged the fuel system of the Air India airplane because of big pressure in the lines and that may have interfered with the restart of the engines when the fuel valve was opened again.
fosk commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr
fosk commented on Preliminary report into Air India crash released bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx20p... · Posted by u/cjr
The report shows 0 flight hours during the prior 24 hours for both pilots, and 7 hours and 6 hours each for the previous 7 days. It seems they were both fresh pilots for this flight.
0.1% of airline pilots fly intoxicated, and probably many more fly hangover which is an undetectable condition.
There is speculation that in the Air France flight 447 that crashed into the ocean en route to Paris, one or the pilots only had 1h of rest because of partying the night before. Of course it’s all speculative, and however unlikely it is, eventually it’s bound to happen that we get pilots with poor mental clarity in charge of large Boeings with hundreds of lives on board. Unfortunately it only takes one lapse of judgement to compromise the flight profile of a large airliner, even if corrected after a few seconds.
https://generalaviationnews.com/2014/11/06/vanity-fair-the-h...
I was kinda pissed when my local mall got a "barista robot", and it asks for a 20% tip when you swipe your card
Tipping has lost its meaning and it is simply a money grab these days in many establishments, as your experience demonstrates. Like tipping for food to go.
I only tip when I sit down and good service is actually provided.
Think about compositions, samples, performance rights, and so on. There is a lot more at stake.