Autonomous Agents Need an Operating Layer, Not Just a Better ModelWhat product evolution taught us about the infrastructure behind dependable autonomous work.8 min read·octavus.hashnode.devJul 31
The Best Agent Architectures Are Event-Driven, Not Chat-DrivenChat is one trigger among many. Design for events first, and conversation becomes a natural special case.6 min read·octavus.hashnode.devApr 24
Your Agent's Behavior Shouldn't Live in Your CodebaseSeparating what an agent does from how it runs — and why the declarative pattern keeps winning7 min read·octavus.hashnode.devApr 22
The Agents That Work in Production Are Built to Check Their Own WorkVerification belongs in the architecture, not the prompt. Here's how to build it with composable workers.6 min read·octavus.hashnode.devApr 21
Your Agent's Tools Are the Wrong AbstractionTools aren't agent code — they're organizational infrastructure. The sooner teams treat them that way, the sooner agents stop being prototypes.6 min read·octavus.hashnode.devApr 20
