SYSTEM 12/14 · THE FIELD GUIDE
Production & LLMOps
Everything between a working demo and a system you can put on call — observability, cost, gateways, and guardrails.
LLMOps Fundamentals
Why the prototype was easy and production isn't.
LLMOpsBEGINNERTraining vs InferenceINTERMEDIATEPrototype to ProductionBEGINNERProduction LLM StackBEGINNERLLM GatewaysINTERMEDIATEModel RoutingINTERMEDIATEProvider FailoverINTERMEDIATESelf-Host vs API CostINTERMEDIATEMulti-Region LLM DeploymentINTERMEDIATEModel Deprecation & MigrationINTERMEDIATEPortkeyINTERMEDIATE
Observability & Monitoring
Tracing every call, scoring live traffic, catching drift early.
LLM ObservabilityBEGINNERLLM TracingINTERMEDIATELangfuse vs LangSmith vs HeliconeINTERMEDIATEProduction MetricsINTERMEDIATECollecting User FeedbackINTERMEDIATESLOs & Error BudgetsINTERMEDIATETrace SamplingINTERMEDIATECost AttributionINTERMEDIATELangSmith ObservabilityINTERMEDIATELangfuseINTERMEDIATEArize PhoenixINTERMEDIATEComet OpikINTERMEDIATEOpenLLMetryINTERMEDIATE
Cost & Latency Optimization
Making it cheaper and faster without making it dumber.
Semantic CachingBEGINNERThe KV CacheADVANCEDCutting Token CostsINTERMEDIATEPrompt vs Semantic CachingINTERMEDIATETime to First TokenINTERMEDIATEReducing LatencyINTERMEDIATEPrefix CachingINTERMEDIATERequest CoalescingINTERMEDIATEGPU Cold StartsINTERMEDIATECloudflare AI GatewayINTERMEDIATEGPTCacheINTERMEDIATELiteLLMINTERMEDIATE
Guardrails & Reliability
Validation, fallbacks, and the safety net between the model and your users.
Testing & Deployment
Shipping nondeterministic software without closing your eyes.