Agent builders keep rediscovering the same idea: chains, loops, then graphs
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-07-21
This article argues that the agent-building world keeps rediscovering the same abstraction under different names: chains, loops, and now graphs. Its point is that graphs are not a brand-new idea but a more explicit way to model state, transitions, and control flow in agent systems.
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