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Essays on agentic engineering, security, multi-agent systems, and production deployments.

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The 6-Level Security Ladder — May 26

How to stop your AI agents from destroying production. From ACIP to no-bash.

Cascade Routing: Cut API Costs by 66% — May 26

Use cheap models for simple steps, expensive models for complex reasoning.

The 3x Rule of Agent Costs — May 26

Why production agents cost 3x your prototype estimate.

Choosing Your Security Level — May 26

Which L-level you need based on what your agent can access.

Why One Agent Is Not Enough — May 26

Context, capability, and reliability ceilings of single-agent systems.

What Is an AI Agent, Really? — May 26

LLM + Tools + Loop. The simplest correct explanation.

The Verifier Pattern — May 26

A read-only verification agent that catches mistakes before production.

Vibe Coding vs Agentic Engineering — May 26

The 5 hard rules that separate production from prompt gambling.

Agent Memory: Mental Models — May 26

How agents remember across sessions using self-maintained expertise files.

The Repo Is the Spec — May 26

Why every instruction your agent needs must live in a file.


Posts are based on content from the Agentic Engineering Course. Each topic has a corresponding module with labs and exercises.

FDSA Agency — Agentic Engineering Course. Part of the fdsa.ai orchestration platform.