Systems Architect | 16-time Microsoft MVP | Author: PowerShell for Developers | Building Agentic AI & MCP Workflows
Jun 5 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I just completed three Microsoft AI Agent modules:
• Memory, State, and Evaluation
• Multi-Agent Systems and Orchestration
• Governance, Guardrails, and Operations
One thing stood out.
We've spent years talking about prompts.
The real challenge is systems.
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Memory = what the agent knows.
State = where the agent is.
Evaluation = how you know it succeeded.
A smart model without these is often just an impressive demo.
Apr 3 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The End of the Software Gestation Table 🧵
In "Software 2.0," we were agriculturalists. We’d get a task—a refactor, a new UI—and instinctively size up the Gestation Period.
Every project had its "Appointed Hour" before it could be born into the world.
We sized our work by a biological clock:
🐣 Chicken (21 days): A bug fix.
🐑 Lamb (5 mos): A new feature.
👶 Human (9 mos): A product launch.
🐘 Elephant (2 yrs): That legacy migration everyone fears.
We accepted the delay as the natural order of things.
