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In this episode of Discovering the Architecture Middle Path, Asanka is joined by Selvaratnam Uthaiyashankar (Shankar), WSO2's Chief Product Officer, to explore the architecture of product design. The conversation looks at the principles behind product decisions, the tradeoffs that shape those choices, and how architecture, developer experience, deployment models, and different user needs influence product design. They also discuss how product principles evolve as customer expectations and technologies such as AI and agentic systems continue to change.

This lab was presented at WSO2Con Africa 2026. Presenters: Asanka Abeyweera, Associate Director - Head of Product Management & Architecture, Agent Platform BU, WSO2 Viggnah Selvaraj, Lead Sales Engineer, WSO2 Getting an AI agent to work is only the start. Once it runs, you need to show exactly what it said and why, keep compliance rules in force across agents built by teams that have never met, tell whether quality is improving or slipping, and make sure each agent reaches only the systems it needs.

This lab was presented at WSO2Con Africa 2026. Presenters: Menaka Jayawardena, Technical Lead & Head of Engineering, Agent Platform BU, WSO2 Viggnah Selvaraj, Lead Sales Engineer, WSO2 This is the second half of the hands-on AI Agent Manager lab. It picks up where part one left off and keeps the focus on operating AI agents that already work, rather than writing new ones.