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SRE agent development highlights need for software engineering rigor

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Olga Mirensky, a Senior Staff SRE at Ping Identity, developed an SRE agent using ADK and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to diagnose test failures. During development, she encountered issues such as unbounded loops, inconsistent routing, and confident hallucinations. Mirensky concluded that AI agents should be treated as software programs, requiring explicit states, typed transitions, and guardrails for reliable operation. AI

IMPACT Highlights the need for robust software engineering principles in building reliable AI agents.

RANK_REASON Commentary on AI agent development best practices from an industry practitioner.

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SRE agent development highlights need for software engineering rigor

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    What if the fix for a flaky AI agent isn't a better prompt? 🤔 Olga Mirensky (Senior Staff SRE at Ping Identity) built an SRE agent on ADK + Gemini Enterprise Ag

    What if the fix for a flaky AI agent isn't a better prompt? 🤔 Olga Mirensky (Senior Staff SRE at Ping Identity) built an SRE agent on ADK + Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to investigate test failures - and hit unbounded loops, non-deterministic routing, and confident hallucinat…

    LINKS gdg-melbourne-devfest-2026.sessionize.com/…/1321201…

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