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Multi-Agent or One Big Agent? A Practical Way to Choose

Multi-Agent or One Big Agent? A Practical Way to Choose

Multi-Agent or One Big Agent? A Practical Way to ChooseDrew Donaldson
Published on: 14/08/2026

Multi-agent vs single agent is a budget question, not an intelligence one. What extra agents really cost, and the failure-mode test for choosing.

Agentic AI & The Harness Racesmulti-agent vs single agent2026AI operatorsagent architecture
Who's Liable When Your AI Agent Makes a Bad Call?

Who's Liable When Your AI Agent Makes a Bad Call?

Who's Liable When Your AI Agent Makes a Bad Call?Drew Donaldson
Published on: 11/08/2026

AI liability rarely lands on the vendor or the model. Where the fallout falls, what contracts can and can't shift, and how to build a defensible record.

AI Governance, Privacy & SecurityAI liability2026AI operatorsAI agent accountability
The Difference Between a Dashboard and a Decision

The Difference Between a Dashboard and a Decision

The Difference Between a Dashboard and a DecisionDrew Donaldson
Published on: 10/08/2026

Data driven decision making fails when dashboards report status but never end in an action. Here is how to design analytics, human or agentic, that produce a decision instead of another meeting.

Data & Intelligencedata driven decision making2026AI operatorsactionable analytics
Context Windows Got Huge. Here's Why Your Agent Still Forgets

Context Windows Got Huge. Here's Why Your Agent Still Forgets

Context Windows Got Huge. Here's Why Your Agent Still ForgetsDrew Donaldson
Published on: 05/08/2026

Long context windows limitations, explained: why million-token models still forget, how context rot bites, and when retrieval beats a bigger window.

LLM Newslong context windows limitations2026AI operatorslost in the middle