When does an internal AI agent tool deserve to become a standalone app?
Moist_Deal_9995 · reddit · 2026-10-13
A developer building an AI procurement tool (order intake, routing, tracking) finds that real-world edge cases like overstocking keep forcing patches, slowly turning the agent workflow into an app. They ask whether to pitch a proper app with its own data layer or stay the course — a real engineering tradeoff on the blurry line between agent workflows and standalone applications.
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