A Simple Agent Request Is Actually a Distributed System
Ask an agent, “What’s the weather in Boston?” and it feels like one step. You typed a question. You got an answer. Underneath, that one question is a small distributed system. Several components, owned by different parties, exchange messages over networks that can be slow, wrong, or down. Each hop carries context, identity, and risk. None of this is exotic. It is the same class of problem architects have handled for decades. The difference is that most agent demos hide it. ...