<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Aymen Djellal — Writing</title><description>Independent consulting for engineering teams building production-grade AI systems, reliable infrastructure, and high-leverage engineering workflows.</description><link>https://consultant.aymen.engineer/</link><language>en-ca</language><item><title>What makes an MCP agent production-grade?</title><link>https://consultant.aymen.engineer/writing/production-grade-mcp-agents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://consultant.aymen.engineer/writing/production-grade-mcp-agents/</guid><description>The difficult part is not giving a model tools. It is designing the permissions, evidence, evaluation, and operating model around those tools.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI systems</category><category>MCP</category><category>Engineering operations</category></item><item><title>Automating engineering toil with n8n—without creating new toil</title><link>https://consultant.aymen.engineer/writing/automating-engineering-toil-with-n8n/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://consultant.aymen.engineer/writing/automating-engineering-toil-with-n8n/</guid><description>Workflow tools create leverage when the process, failure behavior, ownership, and role of AI are designed before the canvas fills with nodes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Automation</category><category>n8n</category><category>Engineering productivity</category></item><item><title>Adding observability to an infrastructure stack</title><link>https://consultant.aymen.engineer/writing/adding-observability-to-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://consultant.aymen.engineer/writing/adding-observability-to-infrastructure/</guid><description>Start with the decisions operators need to make, then design signals, ownership, and cost controls that remain useful under stress.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Observability</category><category>Reliability</category><category>Infrastructure</category></item></channel></rss>