Agent management & engineering habits - June Christchurch AI meetup
A senior engineer admits he babysits his agents with more hooks than a Fieldays fishing stall.
Key takeaway agents don't manage themselves - build the habits or wear the chaos.
From the June Christchurch AI meetup, a senior engineer walks through the practical habits and “hooks” he's built around AI agents in real production work - the guardrails, checks and routines that keep autonomous tools useful rather than chaotic.
It's a refreshingly un-hyped session: less “agents will replace everyone”, more “here's how you actually manage them day to day”. For the growing number of NZ engineers putting agents into real workflows, it's a rare look at the operational discipline that separates a demo from a dependable system.
“Turns out agents need more babysitting than a Fieldays fishing stall - build the habits or wear the chaos.” — The Main Anchor, The 6 O’Clock News