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Agentic Coding is not optional for Startups anymore.
The new leverage for Startups
 • Selva Ganapathy
I studied 15+ startups building AI agents with MCP. They all hit the same wall.
The MCP gateway pattern for security, reusability
 • Selva Ganapathy
The 4 Layer Agent Evaluation Framework
The hardest part in building AI apps is not models. Its Evaluation
 • Selva Ganapathy
Most teams building AI apps take months to ship. Here's how BlackRock ships AI apps in days.
New fresh look needed to the way AI Apps are developed
 • Selva Ganapathy
LLM integration to our application turned debugging into a nightmare. Here’s how we fixed it in 5 days with zero new tools.
Startup Engineering Principle : Choose Simple over Perfect Solution
 • Selva Ganapathy
Pragmatic Agentic System architecture for Startups
For engineering teams building their first agent system—or rebuilding their second one.
 • Selva Ganapathy
Why Every Stage of Your Startup Needs a Different Software Engineering Approach
The engineering practices that work at inception will break you at growth—here's what to do instead
 • Selva Ganapathy
𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟬𝗧 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
Mindset Shift towards 10x impact
 • Selva Ganapathy
How to build fully autonomous production grade AI Agents quickly ?
Building AI Agents iteratively from low agency to high agency
 • Selva Ganapathy
Four Major Design Patterns for Agentic Workflows
Insights from Andrew Ng's BUILD 2024 Keynote
 • Selva Ganapathy
Why Agentic Workflows are Revolutionizing Problem-Solving
Agentic AI workflows beat traditional one-shot AI by breaking tasks into human-like iterative steps
 • Selva Ganapathy
From "𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬" to "𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜" Systems: AI Terminology Evolution
Evolution of AI terminology from binary 'agents' to spectrum-based 'agentic' systems
 • Selva Ganapathy
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