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Why AI Agents Need Tool Use - Lessons from 3 Years in Production

Chatbots generate text. Agents take action. After running production AI agents with tool-use orchestration for over three years, here's what I've learned about what separates a real agent from a very expensive autocomplete.

March 20, 2026 4 min read

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When Your AI Coding Agent Starts Speaking Russian

I asked GitHub Copilot to start a React app. It replied in Russian. Turns out, LLMs occasionally bleed between languages - and it's more fascinating than alarming.

February 14, 2026 3 min read

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Copilot Studio Credits: The Price of Letting an AI Make a Decision

Microsoft Copilot Studio charges per action, per answer, per thought. I did the math so you can decide whether it's cheaper to hire a human to check your SAP inventory.

January 22, 2026 6 min read

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