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name: Tetiana Mostova
title: Software Engineer & AWS Community Builder
link: https://dev.to/aws-builders/aws-strands-replaced-60-lines-of-langgraph-with-3-heres-the-full-story-2ok0
order: 11
---

As someone who builds agents with LangGraph daily at work, Strands was a genuine surprise. The model-driven approach cut my setup from 40 lines to 3 — and for the 80% case, it just works without sacrificing flexibility.
