Our First Mistake Was Treating LLMs Like APIs
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Treating AI language models like simple APIs works fine at first but breaks down at scale, leading to high costs, slow responses, and unpredictable outputs. Adding three layers — smart request routing, response caching, and performance monitoring — cut model costs by 50-60% and improved response speeds by 30-40% for repeated requests.
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