The latest articles on DEV Community by Jack (@austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper). https://dev.to/austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F96263%2F8dcd12df-b367-47d2-a0a4-cc749cb06ec8.png https://dev.to/austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper en Jack Sun, 03 May 2026 14:15:21 +0000 https://dev.to/austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper/most-ai-agent-demos-work-because-nobodys-actually-using-them-5bc7 https://dev.to/austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper/most-ai-agent-demos-work-because-nobodys-actually-using-them-5bc7 <p>Most "AI agent" demos work because exactly one person is using them — usually the person who built them.</p> <p>Production is different. Real users send malformed inputs, the API rate-limits, the model picks the wrong tool, the vector store returns stale results on day 90, and somebody asks for a feature your prompt scaffold can't bend around.</p> <p>Half my client work right now is turning agent prototypes into things that survive contact with actual users. The unsexy parts — retries, idempotency, eval suites, observability, structured tool I/O — are 80% of the real build.</p> <p>If your agent works in the demo and breaks in prod, the demo wasn't the product. The retries were.</p> ai Jack Sun, 03 May 2026 14:13:51 +0000 https://dev.to/austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper/most-ai-agent-demos-work-because-exactly-one-person-is-using-them-usually-the-person-who-built-4nb https://dev.to/austriasoftwaroftwaredeveloper/most-ai-agent-demos-work-because-exactly-one-person-is-using-them-usually-the-person-who-built-4nb agents ai llm softwareengineering