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The Steelman: When an AI Agent Actually Earns Its Complexity

Community description: A while back I wrote that most "AI agents" are just pipelines in a trench coat — deterministic...

Dev.to | Sep 14, 2026 | James Anderson

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If your system meets them, the trench coat is a real coat. If it doesn't — and most don't — you're still paying agent prices for a pipeline. Let's set the bar high, because that's the whole point. Here's what a real justification actually looks like. If yes, that's a real branch you can't pre-draw.

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