How to scale agentic applications without creating AI sprawl
Sep 30, 2026

Summary
This post addresses the challenge of scaling agentic applications without introducing AI sprawl by focusing on three key principles: sharing context, enabling choice without fragmentation, and ensuring control follows action. It advocates for a unified infrastructure that supports composition, allowing for the development of scalable and manageable agentic systems. The post emphasizes building for choice, context, and control to prevent the proliferation of unmanaged AI components.
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