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2026-10-22

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• Covers: Software architecture patterns, Node.js backend engineering, debugging, and production-grade AI agent design and testing.
• For: Full-stack JavaScript developers and software architects building production systems and AI agents.
• Best for: Developers building production AI agents and scalable Node.js backend architectures.
• Skip if: Non-technical professionals or developers not working with full-stack JavaScript or AI systems.

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• Your AI Agent Has No Stack Trace. Here's How to Debug It Anyway.: Methods for debugging complex non-deterministic AI agent workflows and tool calls.
• Saved the Order, Lost the Event: Why You Need the Outbox Pattern: How to reliably handle distributed data and events using the outbox pattern.
• 7 Identity Patterns for AI Agents in Production: Security and identity management patterns for deploying AI agents in enterprise production.

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