https://vicboomer.com/tags/architecture/ Recent content in Architecture on Vic Boomer Hugo nl Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://vicboomer.com/essays/en-why-agents-arent-tools/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://vicboomer.com/essays/en-why-agents-arent-tools/ <p>Most organizations treat AI agents as faster tools. That&rsquo;s a fundamental misconception.</p> <p>A tool is something you do something <em>with</em>. An agent does something <em>for</em> you. That sounds like a small difference, but it changes everything: the architecture, the governance, the error handling, and above all the way you think about reliability.</p> <h2 id="tool-thinking">Tool thinking</h2> <p>When an organization deploys an &ldquo;AI tool&rdquo;, people think in terms of input and output. You put something in, you get something out. The human stays the operator.</p>