Running a persistent AI agent at the far end of a satellite text link
The Other End of the LineAn analog adventure into the backcountrySutha KamalJul 28, 2026ShareI’ve been getting acquainted with a buddy’s manual transmission Wrangler and having an absolute blast. I listened to it in the Cañada College parking lot, and again on some gravel fire roads, and slowly, slowly, my driving improved.Thanks for reading Sutha’s Substack! By the time I’d reached the trailhead, the capability existed: a tool that compresses an hour of speech to fit a satellite link, built, tested against transcription error, and already delivered to my phone as three tap-to-play voice notes at three sizes.
- ▪The Other End of the LineAn analog adventure into the backcountrySutha KamalJul 28, 2026ShareI’ve been getting acquainted with a buddy’s manual transmission Wrangler and having an absolute blast.
- ▪I listened to it in the Cañada College parking lot, and again on some gravel fire roads, and slowly, slowly, my driving improved.Thanks for reading Sutha’s Substack!
- ▪By the time I’d reached the trailhead, the capability existed: a tool that compresses an hour of speech to fit a satellite link, built, tested against transcription error, and already delivered to my phone as three tap-to-play voice notes a
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:00:55 +0000 |
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The Other End of the LineAn analog adventure into the backcountrySutha KamalJul 28, 2026ShareI’ve been getting acquainted with a buddy’s manual transmission Wrangler and having an absolute blast. Exploring California’s staggering natural beauty in this thing is practically like hiking in as much as it feels physically embodied and gives lots of slow languorous time to think and feel.One of my discoveries is how long-form audio fits into this new agentic workflow - first I had Cortex write me a masterclass in learning the manual transmission and four-wheel drive system, written in a tongue-in-cheek Top Gear-inspired tone, and voiced by ElevenLabs (in the voice of Sir Laurence Olivier… it was a riot).
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