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How to Build an Agent Eval Dataset from Real Tasks, Trajectories, and Regression Tests
Do not rely only on public benchmarks. This guide shows how to turn real agent tasks, traces, tool calls, state events, human feedback, and failure cases into an eval dataset for regression testing and release gates.
Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min read
AI & Intelligence
AI Agent Production Checklist: Logging, Monitoring, Alerts, Rollback, and Canary Releases
A practical production readiness checklist for AI agents: trace coverage, tool calls, guardrails, HITL, eval regression, cost budgets, secrets, canary monitoring, rollback paths, and feature flags.
Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min read
AI & Intelligence
OpenAI Agents SDK vs LangGraph: A Practical Engineering Review
A practical comparison of OpenAI Agents SDK and LangGraph across tool calling, handoffs, guardrails, tracing, HITL, checkpoints, recovery, and migration paths.
Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Technology
Payment Stack for Solo Founders: Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, or WeChat Pay?
Compare Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, and WeChat Pay by sales model, Merchant of Record responsibilities, target market, and webhook-driven entitlement design.
Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min read
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