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October 20, 2025·9 min read
Multi-agent architecture: the real cost nobody calculates
Orchestrating multiple agents multiplies failure points, inference costs, and debugging complexity. Before you build, ask the right question.
There's something seductive about multi-agent systems. Each agent specialized in its task. An orchestrator that coordinates. Diagrams are always clean: boxes and arrows, agents calling each other elegantly.
The reality looks less like a well-organized team and more like an 8-person meeting where everyone waits for someone else to decide. Communication has a cost. Coordination has a cost. These costs are almost never in initial estimates.
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