The Prompt is the Platform - Dominik Tornow, Resonate HQ
Jun 29, 2026 · 17:33
Dominik Tornow, founder and CEO of Resonate, argues that coding agents will retire general-purpose platforms by 2026, replacing them with bespoke implementations generated on demand from reusable specifications. He details Resonate's shift from delivering implementations to offering specifications — the product becomes the protocol. Tornow recounts how agents initially failed to build a production-grade Resonate server on Postgres due to the gap between abstract specs and concrete implementations. By inserting a concrete specification and deterministic simulation environment, agents could design correct algorithms for distributed systems. Working with NATS I/O, he explains how simulation exposes hidden facts like stale reads, letting agents debug failures. The resulting workflow — abstract spec, simulated implementation, concrete spec, production code — enables agents to drive design, not just coding, making "the prompt the platform."
