I see a bit of distinction here, that the foundation models aren't actually 10x better than in 2022. What's improved though is that we have far more domain knowledge of how to get more out of slightly improved models.

So consider your analogy, that the internet was always useful, but it was javascript that caused the actual titanic shift in the software industry. Even though the core internet backbone didn't radically improve as fast as you imagine it would have. Javascript was hacked together as a toy scripting language meant to make pages more interactive, but turns out, it was the key piece in unlocking that 10x value of the already existing internet.

Agents and the explosion of all these little context services are where I see the same thing happening here. Right now they are buggy, and mostly experimental toys. However, they are unlocking that 10x value.

> Javascript was hacked together as a toy scripting language meant to make pages more interactive, but turns out, it was the key piece in unlocking that 10x value of the already existing internet.

Was it? I remember a lot more installable software than you do being the core usage of computers. Even today, most people are using apps.