The Hidden Ops Layer of Agent Platforms

Anything built Max, an autonomous software engineer agent that writes and executes SQL migrations in production. The system uses per-agent database branching for isolation, allowing up to four parallel agents to work simultaneously without conflicts. Each agent gets its own Neon branch, applies migrations with automatic retry logic, and merges changes atomically. The architecture includes cleanup jobs to prevent orphaned branches, connection pooling for performance, and autoscaling compute resources. The approach treats databases as programmable resources through API-driven infrastructure, enabling reliable agent operations at scale.