SRSundeep Reddy Mamidiinagentictrends.hashnode.dev·Jul 23 · 8 min readThe Demo Was Perfect. The Pilot Died Anyway.In July 2025, Jason Lemkin, the founder of SaaStr, was nine days into building an app with Replit’s coding agent when things went sideways. Despite an explicit code freeze, and instructions he says he00
MMMichael Mastersoninblog.m2s2.io·Jul 8 · 11 min readGood Architecture Plans for FailureGood architecture does not assume everything will work. It assumes something will fail and makes sure the team has a reasonable way to contain it, understand it, and recover from it. That may sound pe00
MMMainStay Marketinginmainstay.hashnode.dev·Jun 29 · 2 min readValidating Integration State: How to Catch "Silent API Failures" Before the Monthly Payroll Run In distributed enterprise architectures, APIs are the connective tissue between your HRMS, CRM, and ERP. Engineering teams invest heavily in building these connections, but they often underinvest in m00
MMMainStay Marketinginmainstay.hashnode.dev·Jun 17 · 3 min readDeconstructing Odoo Technical Debt: Anatomy of Common Implementation FailuresWhen evaluating open-source Enterprise Resource Planning systems, Odoo is consistently praised by developers for its Python-based backend, robust PostgreSQL database, and highly modular architecture. 00
EIEshan Inamdarineshaninamdar.hashnode.dev·May 31 · 11 min readAgentic AI Deep Dive — Failure Modes: What Goes Wrong and WhyWhere We Left Off Part 7 was about deliberate attacks — prompt injection, trust boundary violations, agents with too much permission. The threat model was an adversary trying to manipulate your agent.00
MMMainStay Marketinginmainstay.hashnode.dev·May 20 · 1 min readIntegration FailureIntegration rarely fails loudly. It starts with small inconsistencies. Duplicate data, delayed syncs, mismatched reports. Over time, trust in the system erodes. Integration is not about connection. It00
Gguanjiaweiinguanjiawei.hashnode.dev·May 6 · 8 min readAI Is Not a Wishing Well: Two Things I Recently Couldn't SolvePreviously when talking about AI coding, most of the discussion was about what it can do and how beautifully it does it. Today I'll flip the coin and record two things I recently couldn't solve: one barely made it to the finish line, the other was sh...00
HHH. Himanshuinbionicbanker.hashnode.dev·Apr 20 · 14 min readThe agent graveyard. I tried more than a dozen. A handful survived. Here is the autopsy.The agent graveyard. I tried more than a dozen. A handful survived. Here is the autopsy. Everyone is talking about agents like they are easy. Build an agent. Deploy an agent. Buy an agent. Scroll any feed for ten minutes and you will see five posts s...00
MHMehedi Hasan Jiminmhjim.hashnode.dev·Apr 6 · 3 min readWe learn from failure, not from success! [Dev Edition]While reading Dracula, this quote caught my eye. At first, it felt… simple. Something we hear all the time, right? A line that almost blends into the background of motivational posts and TED talks. Bu00
KPKapil Paliwalinkapilpaliwal.hashnode.dev·Mar 5 · 12 min readI Built 5 SaaS Products and Only One Actually WorksI have a folder on my hard drive called archive-graveyard. Inside it: 4 products I spent months building. Products I was convinced would work. Products I told people about. Products that got early users, positive feedback, even a few paying customers...00
