Treating token budgets like memory budgets: adding a Budget Guard to every agent
kashifmanzoor · x · 2026-09-13
After a costly lesson, the author argues cost is a primary architectural constraint in enterprise Agentic AI — not an afterthought. He now treats AI token budgets like memory budgets and implements a "Budget Guard" in every agentic architecture he designs, embedding cost control at design time.
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