A Developer’s Guide to Building Scalable AI: Workflows vs Agents

A practical guide to choosing between AI agents and workflows for production systems, covering the hidden costs, architectural trade-offs, and decision framework that can save you thousands in deployment mistakes. Includes real-world examples and a scoring system to determine which approach fits your specific use case. The post A Developer’s Guide to Building Scalable AI: Workflows vs Agents appeared first on Towards Data Science.

Jun 28, 2025 - 04:00
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A Developer’s Guide to Building Scalable AI: Workflows vs Agents

A practical guide to choosing between AI agents and workflows for production systems, covering the hidden costs, architectural trade-offs, and decision framework that can save you thousands in deployment mistakes. Includes real-world examples and a scoring system to determine which approach fits your specific use case.

The post A Developer’s Guide to Building Scalable AI: Workflows vs Agents appeared first on Towards Data Science.