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APIs Designed for Humans Break Under Agents

APIs Designed for Humans Break Under Agents

Most APIs quietly rely on human judgment. Autonomous callers turn that hidden dependency into retries, side effects, and failures at machine speed. Agent-native API design makes effects, authority, recovery, and evidence executable.

Jul 21, 2026 24 min read
API DesignAI SystemsDistributed SystemsAgentic Engineering
HTTP Status Codes Are a Contract

HTTP Status Codes Are a Contract

HTTP status codes are not UI signals. They are distributed-system control messages that shape retries, caching, observability, and automation behavior across boundaries.

Mar 3, 2026 11 min read
Systems EngineeringBackendAPI DesignReliability
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