Your AI demo worked. That was the easy part.

The demo works because you pick the inputs. Production fails because it has to handle all of them. That gap, between a workflow that impresses and one that runs every day without you watching, is where most AI automation actually lives and dies. The post breaks down where it collapses and what the systems running this site do about it.

The demo works because you pick the inputs. Production fails because it has to handle all of them.

That gap is where most AI automation actually dies. New post breaks down where it collapses and what holds it together when no one is watching: https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/blog/agentic-workflow-service-research

The demo works because you pick the inputs. Production fails because it has to handle all of them. Most AI automation dies somewhere in that gap, quietly, after everyone has stopped paying attention. The post looks at where exactly it breaks and what three systems running this site do differently to stay alive day to day.

The demo works because you pick the inputs. Production fails because it has to handle all of them. That gap is where most AI automation actually lives and dies. Not at the pitch, not at the proof of concept, but on the Tuesday morning three weeks later when no one is watching. New post breaks down where agentic workflows collapse and what the systems running this site do about it: https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/blog/agentic-workflow-service-research

The demo works because you pick the inputs. Production fails because it has to handle all of them.

That gap is where most AI automation dies. New post on where it collapses and what holds it together: https://www.jakelawrence.xyz/blog/agentic-workflow-service-research

The demo works because you pick the inputs. Production fails because it has to handle all of them. That gap is where most AI automation quietly dies. New post on where it breaks and what holds it together when no one is watching.