
Module 7 Lesson 1: What Hallucinations Are
Why does an AI sometimes lie with total confidence? In this lesson, we define 'Hallucinations' and learn to identify the difference between a creative slip and a factual failure.
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Why does an AI sometimes lie with total confidence? In this lesson, we define 'Hallucinations' and learn to identify the difference between a creative slip and a factual failure.

Why 'It feels right' is not a unit test. Learn how to combine the speed of LLM 'Vibe Coding' with the safety of formal verification for mission-critical agents.
Master the timing of your stack. Learn how 'depends_on' works and how to use 'wait-for-it' scripts to ensure your app only starts after the database is truly ready.
Build a self-healing stack. Learn how to configure advanced healthchecks and restart policies directly in your Compose file to automate recovery from crashes.
Is your app actually alive? Learn how to define HEALTHCHECK instructions in your Dockerfile so your orchestrator can detect and fix 'Zombie' containers.

The 'Anti-Fragile' pipeline. Learn how to write CI/CD scripts that can handle network failures, registry timeouts, and flaky tests without completely stopping your company's delivery engine.

Patience pays off. Learn how to use the 'Wait' node for more than just pauses, including how to implement custom backoff strategies to handle intermittent API failures.
Division of Labor. How to split 'Thinking' and 'Doing' between two different agents for higher reliability.
Understanding the glitch. The psychological and technical causes of AI hallucinations in agentic systems.
The double-check. Implementing internal loops where one agent reviews and corrects the errors of another.
Why LLMs aren't enough. Understanding the limit of probabilistic reasoning in deterministic business systems.
Stability in the graph. Using edges and state counters to prevent infinite loops and ensure predictable behavior.
Setting boundaries. How to implement hard limits on cycles and token usage within your agent graphs.
Resilience by design. How to handle tool failures and rate limits within the agent graph.

A deep dive into building reliable, production-ready autonomous agent systems, focusing on error handling, state management, and observability.

Why most AI agents fail in production and how to build systems that detect, correct, and learn from their own errors.