u/barristonTheBrave

I’m a software engineer currently working on production AI agent/workflow systems. I already have a strong software/system-design background, so I’m not looking for general system-design books, basic ML textbooks, or broad introductions to LLMs.

I want to go deep specifically on agentic AI architecture, especially:

• Agent planning and task decomposition
• ReAct / reflection / replanning loops
• Tool/function calling and tool selection
• Designing good tools/interfaces for agents
• Planner–executor architectures
• Agent loops: plan → act → observe → replan
• Workflow vs autonomous-agent design
• Orchestration and routing
• Supervisor/worker and coordinator/delegator patterns
• Multi-agent communication and delegation
• State, memory and context in agent workflows
• MCP / A2A where relevant
• Evaluation and debugging of multi-step agent behavior
• Failure recovery, stopping conditions and guardrails

I care much more about depth and syllabus relevance than popularity or Amazon ratings. A newer or less-known book is completely fine if it genuinely covers these topics well.

Some books I’ve come across:

• Agentic Design Patterns — Antonio Gulli
• AI Agents in Action, 2nd Edition — Micheal Lanham
• AI Agents: The Definitive Guide — Nicole Koenigstein
• Building the Agentic Enterprise — Jaroslav Pantsjoha
• Building Agentic AI Systems — Anjanava Biswas & Wrick Talukdar
• Systems Thinking for Agentic AI

Has anyone actually read any of these?

If you wanted to become really strong at designing production agent planning/tool-use/orchestration systems, which 1–3 books would you choose?

Also very interested in books I haven't listed. Papers/blogs/courses are welcome too if you think books haven't caught up with the field yet.

I’m trying to activate my child’s Trump Account, but I’m running into a weird issue and wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.

I received the email saying:

>“We processed your election to open a Trump Account for your child. It only takes a few minutes to activate and only needs to be done once, even if you have more than one eligible child.”

Then I got a later email saying:

>“The $1,000 pilot program contribution from the U.S. Treasury will be deposited into Trump Accounts starting July 4, 2026. Be sure to activate your child's account no later than June 30, 2026 to receive the money on July 4. It only takes a few minutes to get started.”

The problem is:

• I can’t log in.
• I already tried creating an account (with the email id I got those above emails) but keep getting "Something went wrong Please try again later." message
• I tried “forgot password,” but I never receive the reset email.
• I tried “forgot email,” but I never got the text message either.
• I already checked spam/junk and searched my inbox.

At this point I’m wondering if this is a broader issue or just me. Has anyone else had the same problem, and if so, did you find a fix?

Thanks.