architecture
This is the architecture tag archive on Will's Journal: every published post that shares this tag, listed in one place.
It is a collection page, not a topic essay — scan the cluster here instead of filtering the full journal index.
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Automation Why is one giant n8n canvas a production liability
One giant n8n canvas is a production liability because debug, credentials, retries, and deploys share one blast radius. Split it with named contracts.
AI Agents The Evaluator Is the Product
Agent accuracy did not come from a better prompt or a bigger model. It came from separating the thing that does the work from the thing that judges it.
AI Agents Single Agent First: Split Only When Trust, Audience, or Timing Conflicts
Start with one agent and many tools. Split only when trust, audience, or timing conflict—and prove that split with pass rate, cost, and escalate rate.
AI Agents State Machines for Agent Loops: Determinism Where It Matters
Give the model freedom inside a named state. Legal transitions, revision ceilings, and escalate paths keep operations deterministic when tokens are not.
AI Agents Agent Memory Patterns: What to Persist, What to Forget
Agent memory is three stores, not a bigger window: working dies with the run, episodic is searchable history, and the store holds approved facts only.
AI Agents The Fractional AI CTO Model: When You Need Architecture, Not Another Chatbot
A fractional AI CTO owns architecture, evaluation standards, and a deploy gate — not a chatbot retainer. Hire one when colliding initiatives lack rails.
AI Agents Agent Loop vs LLM-in-Workflow: Pick the Shape That Matches the Uncertainty
Most jobs need a workflow with one LLM step, not an agent loop. Use a three-tier test — certainty, branching, blast radius — then prove hybrid is enough.
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This is the architecture tag archive on Will's Journal: every published post that shares this tag, listed in one place.
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A list of posts. This page is a collection, not a topic essay — the 7 posts below are the architecture cluster on Will's Journal.