<![CDATA[Stories by Thilo Hermann on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@thilo-hermann?source=rss-d98ea047bd55------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*OAsL5oDwbNGbXYxdAmSfwg.jpeg Stories by Thilo Hermann on Medium https://medium.com/@thilo-hermann?source=rss-d98ea047bd55------2 Medium Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:49:40 GMT <![CDATA[We’re Not Against the Migration. We Just Have Concerns About Response Times.]]>

A load test is a measurement whose result is set by its configuration, presented to an audience that only ever sees the result.

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What actually happens between the question and the answer?

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]]> https://thilo-hermann.medium.com/the-agentic-runtime-flow-nobody-draws-605d87a2e8ca?source=rss-d98ea047bd55------2 https://medium.com/p/605d87a2e8ca Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:04:23 GMT 2026-10-25T08:38:17.984Z <![CDATA[Stop Mixing RAG, Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Layers and Agents]]>

Retrieval is not understanding, neither is a nice diagram.

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Are we defining, mastering, finding, consuming or delivering value?

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One question tells you whether you’re doing spec-driven development or waterfall with a token bill.

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You reverted the prompt on Sunday evening. Nobody wrote the second email.

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If you visit Mumbai and don’t eat from a cart, you missed the city.

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]]> https://thilo-hermann.medium.com/mumbai-street-food-is-not-a-risk-its-the-point-657a7804cfe6?source=rss-d98ea047bd55------2 https://medium.com/p/657a7804cfe6 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:57:09 GMT 2026-10-07T07:58:17.105Z <![CDATA[Most of What You’re Calling an Agent Is a Workflow]]>

Autonomous Agents are a cost. Most enterprise use cases are paying it for nothing.

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]]> https://thilo-hermann.medium.com/most-of-what-youre-calling-an-agent-is-a-workflow-16adba858139?source=rss-d98ea047bd55------2 https://medium.com/p/16adba858139 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:04:52 GMT 2026-10-02T06:06:06.243Z <![CDATA[Your Agent Has Six Kinds of Memory. You Designed One!]]>

A bad prompt you fix once. A poisoned memory keeps its own counsel.

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]]> https://thilo-hermann.medium.com/your-agent-has-six-kinds-of-memory-you-designed-one-66067c0f5d04?source=rss-d98ea047bd55------2 https://medium.com/p/66067c0f5d04 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:27:29 GMT 2026-09-28T08:27:50.072Z <![CDATA[Nobody Owns Your Agent Bill]]>

I wrote “set up proper FinOps” in a bullet list in 2024. Here’s the part I left out.

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