AI Agents in Production: The Hardest Part Isn't the Model

Everyone's talking about AI Agents. But most teams I speak to are still figuring out where to even begin — and the ones that have started are hitting walls they didn't anticipate. I've spent the last several months building and debugging agentic workflows in production. Here's the honest truth I wish someone had told me earlier. The hardest part isn't the model When engineers first hear "AI Agents," the mental model is usually: pick a powerful LLM, give it some tools, and let it run...