Production Agent Insights: Simple Architecture Beats Over-Engineering

Developers building production agents found that over-engineered, complex architectures often fail. They concluded that simple designs are more reliable, emphasizing that clear tool design matters more than the model, and heavy frameworks should only be used for highly complex tasks.

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