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Part 7: Iterating to Green: Real Bugs, and When You'd Actually Reach for a Framework

Part 7 (final) of a series building a support-ticket agent with no framework. Previous: Part 6 (observability). Repo: github.com/akash-pal/agent-from-scratch The other six parts described the finished…

• Initial evaluation found 12/21 cases passed, failures due to confirmation email sent on lookup
• Implemented exponential backoff for 429 and 503 errors, inter-case pacing within free-tier limits
• Decided to use single agent rather than multi-agent approach, considering cost and task requirements

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Part 5: Guardrails That Live in Code, Not the Prompt

Part 5 of a series building a support-ticket agent with no framework. Previous: Part 4 (the loop). Repo: github.com/akash-pal/agent-from-scratch Here's the finding this whole article is built around…

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Part 4: The Raw ReAct Loop: ~100 Lines, No Framework

Part 4 of a series building a support-ticket agent with no framework. Previous: Part 3 (the eval set). Repo: github.com/akash-pal/agent-from-scratch This is the part everyone reaches for a framework…

3d ago ·dev.to

August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day

A use-after-free in the afd.sys Windows kernel-mode driver has been exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges. The post August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day appeared…

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