Agents look great in demos, but production is messy. Runaway tool-call loops...

https://holdensinsightfulblogs.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/observe-ai-companion-agent-reality-vs-the-marketing-deck/

Agents look great in demos, but production is messy. Runaway tool-call loops will tank latency and blow your budget. I’m sharing the reality of running multi-agent systems at scale, focusing on the guardrails needed to stop firefighting and finally ship.