Distributed Systems

Building Always-On Persistent AI Agents: Architecture, Context Engineering, and the Future of Autonomous Systems

A deep dive into the architecture and engineering principles behind always-on, persistent AI agents that can run autonomously for extended periods, covering context management, durable workflows, sub-agent orchestration, …

AI · Architecture · Development Editorial Team

Mar 18 arxiv.org 4 min read

Language Model Teams as Distributed Systems: A Framework for Multi-Agent Coordination

This research proposes using distributed systems theory as a principled framework for designing and evaluating LLM teams, demonstrating that coordination challenges like consistency conflicts, communication overhead, and …

AI · Architecture Editorial Team

Sep 3 news.ycombinator.com 5 min read

Choosing a Database Schema for Polymorphic Data (2024)

Choosing a Database Schema for Polymorphic Data (2024) Modeling polymorphic data in relational databases presents fundamental challenges that reveal the limitations of traditional SQL approaches. The classic example of …

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