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Why LLM Features Fail in Production: The Demo Data Was Clean

Why LLM features fail in production when the demo worked: messy real inputs, queues that starve each other, and failures that never raise an alarm.

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AI Cost Optimization: How We Cut a Document AI Bill by 99%

A practical AI cost optimization guide from a real build: how task-based model routing cut one platform's AI spend by 99%, and trims most LLM bills 30 to 50%.

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