https://www.shkcorp.com/blog Practical notes on product management, distributed systems, and AI—written from real engineering and product experience. en-us kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/agentic-ai-chapter-1-agent-vs-workflow https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/agentic-ai-chapter-1-agent-vs-workflow Before building an agent, ask whether you need one. A workflow follows fixed steps. An agent decides what to do next. Explained with an Amazon returns example. Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) aigen-aiagentagenticai-agentstudy-notes https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/agentic-ai-chapter-2-agent-loop https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/agentic-ai-chapter-2-agent-loop How an agent actually works: the LLM decides, the runtime validates and executes, and the loop repeats until the goal is met. Walked through turn by turn with the iPhone 18 launch-day example. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) aigen-aiagentagenticai-agentstudy-notes https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/agentic-ai-chapter-3-tool-calling https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/agentic-ai-chapter-3-tool-calling The model never runs a tool. It only asks for one in a structured format, and the runtime validates and executes it. Explained with the iPhone 18 launch-day example. Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) aigen-aiagentagenticai-agentstudy-notes