https://ikwukao.dev/tags/observability/Recent content in Observability on Ikwuka OkoyeHugoen-USSun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/journal/ai-agent-reliability/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/journal/ai-agent-reliability/<h2 id="making-an-ai-agent-reliable">Making an AI Agent Reliable</h2> <p>The most impressive AI agent demo can still be a poor piece of software.</p> <p>A demonstration may work perfectly when the model responds as expected, every API is available, every tool succeeds, and the task is small.</p> <p>Real systems are not that forgiving.</p> <p>Models produce unexpected outputs.</p> <p>Networks fail.</p> <p>Tools time out.</p> <p>External APIs change.</p> <p>Users provide ambiguous instructions.</p> <p>An agent that cannot handle these conditions is not reliable.</p>