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System Design for AI Agents: Senior vs Staff
The five things that break every LLM agent after the demo, and the design decisions that stop each one. Free, live, 45 minutes: the production judgment that separates senior engineers from staff when AI is in the stack.
Tue, 21 Jul · 6:30pm London · 45 minutes · Zoom
Past sessions
All 6 are free to watch back on Maven.
- Prompting Like an Engineer, Not a WizardA free Lightning Lesson on getting reliable results from LLMs with real engineering discipline instead of guesswork.7 Jul 2026Watch ↗
- Your First LLM Feature, Beyond the Quickstart30 Jun 2026Watch ↗
- System Design for AI Agents, for Engineers (2026)18 Jun 2026Watch ↗
- Your System Design Answer Is Right But Unconvincing26 May 2026Watch ↗
- The ADR That Gets You Promoted19 May 2026Watch ↗
- How to Defend Any System Design Decision in 6 Questions29 Apr 2026Watch ↗
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