Memory Systems for Agents: The Architecture Options That Actually Matter
Most "agent memory" is just a vector database bolted onto a prompt, and it shows. A real memory system is a stack of distinct components, w
L. Karlsson · Feb 13, 2026 · 13 min
Infrastructure
The runtimes, protocols, and plumbing beneath agents. · 55 articles
Self-Hosted vs. Managed Agent Infrastructure: The Build-or-Buy Decision That Actually Matters
**TL;DR:** The self-hosted-versus-managed question for AI agents isn't really about servers, it's about who owns the failure modes. Managed
E. Marchetti · Feb 11, 2026 · 12 min
Building Reliable Tool Integrations for Agents: The Unglamorous Work That Decides Whether GaaS Actually Ships
Most agent failures in production aren't reasoning failures. They're tool failures: a malformed argument, a timed-out API, a schema the mode
S. Bauer · Feb 10, 2026 · 15 min
Agent Gateways: How Routing, Rate-Limiting, and Policy Hold Autonomous Systems Together
An agent gateway is the control plane that sits between your AI agents and everything they call: models, tools, and other agents. It does th
C. Whitlock · Feb 7, 2026 · 13 min
The Cost of Context: Managing Token Budgets at Runtime
Every token an agent reads or writes is a line item on someone's invoice. In a Gaas (Agentic AI-as-a-Service) business, the gap between a he
J. Okafor · Feb 7, 2026 · 12 min
The Observability Stack for Agent Infrastructure: What You Actually Need to See
Traditional observability tells you whether a service is up. Agent observability has to tell you something much harder: whether an autonomou
E. Marchetti · Feb 4, 2026 · 12 min
The Orchestration Buyer's Guide: How to Actually Evaluate an Agent Orchestration Platform
Buying an agent orchestration layer is not like buying a database or a CRM, because the category is three years old and half the vendors are
S. Bauer · Jan 26, 2026 · 13 min