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What Makes an Agent Actually Agentic?
Most 'AI agents' are just fancy workflows. Here's what we learned about building agents that actually make decisions and adapt.
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Building Decision Loops for AI Agents
A technical deep dive into how agents make decisions, handle failures, and adapt to new situations using structured outputs and retry logic.
Building AI Agents That Actually Work
What we learned building Fantomu: the technical challenges of creating reliable AI agents and how to solve them.
The Psychology of Invisible Technology
Why the best technology disappears into the background, and how this principle guides how we built Fantomu.
Why We Chose the Name Fantomu (ファントム)
The story behind the name and what it represents about the philosophy of invisible execution.
10 Ways AI Agents Can Transform Your Development Workflow
Practical examples of how AI agents can automate common development tasks. Some work, some don't - here's what we've found.
The State of AI Automation in 2025
Our take on the current landscape of AI automation tools and where things are heading. Spoiler: most tools aren't actually agents.
Launching Fantomu: A Side Project Story
Sharing Fantomu publicly for the first time. It's a side project, not a startup, and that's okay. Here's what I've built so far.
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