Well laziness could explain it (Occam's nap?) but it's also possible they added a bit of friction to get a cleaner signal of intent, so they can see who the most motivated prospective users are.

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brookst a day ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah Occam’s razor. Nobody makes their product harder to sign up for in the hopes of some other department getting third-derivative signals.

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gum_wobble 20 hours ago | parent [-]

To avoid the costs of integrating with existing infrastructure and auth services? Man… Where do I start…

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robofanatic 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, cost of integration should be trivial. Agents can do that in seconds.

	▲	adolph 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Do people just deploy from "Agents" to prod (i.e. trivial in seconds)?

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troupo 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Occam razor says that they truly vibe code all their products, and this is the result.