The AI Agent Stack in 2026: Every Layer Explained
A complete breakdown of the AI agent stack in 2026. Foundation models, orchestration frameworks, tools, observability, vector databases, and deployment options.
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A complete breakdown of the AI agent stack in 2026. Foundation models, orchestration frameworks, tools, observability, vector databases, and deployment options.
How to manage state in AI agents. State machine patterns, Redis-backed persistent sessions, and recovery strategies for production agent systems in 2026.
Single agent or multi-agent? This guide cuts through the hype and explains exactly when each architecture makes sense, with real examples from production.
How voice AI agents work: STT with Deepgram or AssemblyAI, LLM in the middle, TTS with ElevenLabs or Hume. Latency budgets, barge-in, and interruption handling.
Short-term, long-term, episodic, semantic, working memory. How modern AI agents store and retrieve information, with real patterns from Letta, Mem0, and Zep.
AI in architecture practice: spec writing, building code compliance checks, rendering assistance, and where firms are seeing real productivity gains.
Production error handling for AI agents: retry with exponential backoff, circuit breaker pattern, fallback model routing, and real Python/TypeScript code.
Practical strategies to avoid AI vendor lock-in in 2026: model abstraction layers, data portability, multi-model architecture, and contract clauses that matter.
A practical guide to the most important AI agent architecture patterns: ReAct, Plan-Execute, Reflection, Multi-Agent, and more - with real examples and.