Production-Grade AI Agent Architecture: A Deep Dive into the Hermes Runtime Treating an AI Agent as nothing more than a ReAct loop wrapped around an LLM works fine in a demo. Ship it to production, and it’ll collapse within three days. It’s not the model’s fault—it’s the missing runtime. The Real Question: What Is an Agent Framework Actually Solving? Over the past two years, I’ve built my fair share of Agent applications. I started with quick LangChain prototypes—basic chatbots that barely held context. But eventually, I needed something that could run inside Feishu (Lark), read local files, call internal APIs, …
Synchronous Blocking vs. Asynchronous Orchestration: A Deep Dive into Hermes Delegate and OpenClaw Multi-Agent Architectures When you need multiple AI agents to collaborate on complex tasks, should you choose a “command-and-control” management style or a “symphony orchestra” loose orchestration? This decision directly determines your system’s response speed, resource consumption, and scalability. In the evolution of modern AI agent systems, efficient multi-agent collaboration has become a central proposition. Mainstream solutions on the market show polarization: one end is represented by Hermes with its synchronous blocking model, pursuing extreme isolation and token efficiency; the other end is represented by OpenClaw with its …
How to Design a Short Video Streaming System for 100 Million Users? Decoding High-Concurrency Architecture Through TikTok-Style Feeds Video Streaming Architecture Diagram I. Why Rethink Video Streaming Architecture? With modern users spending over 2 hours daily on short videos, a system serving 100 million users must handle: 100,000+ video requests per second Tens of thousands of interactions (likes/comments/shares) per second Petabyte-scale video data transmission simultaneously Traditional content delivery systems face three core challenges: Instant Response: Generate personalized recommendations within 500ms Seamless Experience: Zero latency during swipe transitions Dynamic Adaptation: Balance cold starts for new users with high-frequency access for active …