https://falcao.org/tags/hermes-agent/Recent content in Hermes-Agent on Danilo Falcão da SilvaHugoen-usWed, 20 May 2026 14:30:00 -0300https://falcao.org/posts/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw/Wed, 20 May 2026 14:30:00 -0300https://falcao.org/posts/hermes-agent-vs-openclaw/<p>There are two open-source autonomous agents in 2026 worth a serious DevOps engineer&rsquo;s time, and they have made <strong>opposite architectural bets</strong>. I tried both. I run Hermes Agent every day. This is the analysis of why — not a both-sides post, not a head-to-head benchmark, but a direct argument that one of these two architectures is right for infrastructure work and the other one isn&rsquo;t.</p> <p>The headline: <strong>agent-first beats gateway-first when the work rewards familiarity.</strong> Most infrastructure work does. The rest of this post is the why.</p>