Becoming Agentic

The Reasoning vs. Speed Paradox: When Slow AI Actually Ships Faster

Why production teams are choosing 10x-more-expensive reasoning models over instant inference—and the 3-question framework that tells you which path…

Dec 1 • Ishmeet Sethi

November 2025

The Single-Model Trap: Why Production AI Is Going Compound

The quiet architectural shift that's letting 3-person teams outship 50-person teams—and why your next AI system should orchestrate, not maximize.

Nov 12 • Ishmeet Sethi

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October 2025

Why Your Agent Orchestration Stack Matters More Than Your Model Choice

The framework you pick this month will determine if you're shipping agents in Q1 or still debugging in Q4.

Oct 30 • Ishmeet Sethi

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The Engineer Identity Crisis: When AI Codes Better Than You

Why the best developers stopped trying to out-code AI—and what they're doing instead

Oct 21 • Ishmeet Sethi

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OpenAI Just Turned ChatGPT Into an Economy

Developers can now build, distribute, and monetize inside the world’s most used AI interface.

Oct 8 • Ishmeet Sethi

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September 2025

How can a true Agentic System benefit more than just workflow?

The crux of why “agentic systems” matter and why they’re not just glorified workflows.

Sep 24 • Ishmeet Sethi

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The Agentic Mindset Shift: Thinking in Goals, Not Code

If you can’t let go of control, you’ll never build a useful agent.

Sep 9 • Ishmeet Sethi

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Agent Washing: Why Not All ‘AI Agents’ Are Created Equal

Semantic Inflation: Why Everything Is Now Called an “AI Agent”

Sep 2 • Ishmeet Sethi

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August 2025

Becoming Agentic: From iOS Engineer to Building AI Agents

How I "Became Agentic" while building our Startup

Aug 26 • Ishmeet Sethi

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