Just had to rewrite my entire agent infrastructure for reliability, anyone else doing the same?
Summary
The author describes rewriting their AI agent infrastructure for reliability using DBOS durable execution after facing cascading failures, and asks the community about similar experiences, tool choices, and build-vs-buy decisions.
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