Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

Building Production-Grade AI Agents - Part I

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Matt McDonagh
Feb 04, 2026
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Everyone is building AI Agents and talking about The Future of Work.

But they don’t see it.

Most of these “Agents” are toys. They are fragile Python scripts wrapped in a UI. They execute once. They hallucinate. They crash. They are not agents. They are barely automated macros.

If you are serious about this technology, you must stop building toys.

Realize: y…

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