The 88% Agent Production Death Rate: Why Multi-Step Loops Cost 5–40 More
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Last month, an enterprise engineering team stress-tested an automated reconciliation pipeline. In demo sandboxes, individual LLM steps boasted a 90%+ pass rate. On paper, the API cost was budgeted at roughly $180/month. Three weeks into production, the actual cloud bill blew past $1,300, and more t…
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- 2026-09-17 02:14 · DEV Community — AI
The 88% Agent Production Death Rate: Why Multi-Step Loops Cost 5–40 More