Developers Complain AI Agent Work Is Mostly Guardrails and Tooling

Developers complain that building autonomous AI agents is structurally absurd, with around 90% of cost going to guardrails and endless tool integration rather than actual work.

2026-09-02 ~ 2026-09-02 · 2 related posts

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