Lately, it feels like every new repo is an “Autonomous Agent.” While the idea of an AI that “figures it out” is cool, I’m finding that for 90% of app features, agents are just too slow and unpredictable.
I’ve had better luck with Structured Chains (doing Step A, then Step B) than letting an agent wander around a task.
What’s your experience?
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Are you actually shipping autonomous agents to production, or are they just for demos?
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How do you keep an agent from “looping” and burning through your API budget?
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At what point do you decide a task is “too complex” for a fixed workflow and actually needs an agent
