Put LLMs in production with guardrails. Constrain inputs and outputs, test with golden sets, control rollout with flags, and monitor cost, quality, and safety from day one.
Reliable pipelines start with clear questions, simple stages, and visible health. Build for validation, lineage, and recovery so data turns into decisions without chaos.
Stop guessing. Instrument key journeys, use cohorts, and rank work by impact and confidence. Product analytics should tell you what to build next and what to cut.
Use request driven for instant answers and event driven for background work and scale. Start hybrid, add outbox and status endpoints, and evolve without a risky rewrite.
