Production on Bits, Trades & Systems https://blog.turboawesome.win/tags/production/ Recent content in Production on Bits, Trades & Systems Hugo en-us Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:44:00 +0000 RAG Systems in Production: What the Tutorials Don't Cover https://blog.turboawesome.win/2024/09/rag-systems-in-production-what-the-tutorials-dont-cover/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2024/09/rag-systems-in-production-what-the-tutorials-dont-cover/ Retrieval-Augmented Generation works well in demos and breaks in interesting ways in production. The gap between 'it answers questions' and 'it reliably answers questions correctly' is where most of the engineering lives. Evaluating LLM Applications: Why 'It Looks Good' Is Not Enough https://blog.turboawesome.win/2024/05/evaluating-llm-applications-why-it-looks-good-is-not-enough/ Tue, 14 May 2024 14:22:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2024/05/evaluating-llm-applications-why-it-looks-good-is-not-enough/ LLM applications fail in ways that traditional software testing doesn't catch. Building evaluation frameworks that give you real signal about quality — before and after deployment — is the engineering challenge that separates serious AI products from demos. Go's net/http: Building Production HTTP Servers Without a Framework https://blog.turboawesome.win/2023/07/gos-net/http-building-production-http-servers-without-a-framework/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 10:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2023/07/gos-net/http-building-production-http-servers-without-a-framework/ Go's standard net/http package is capable enough for most production workloads without a framework. What 'capable enough' means in practice, and the patterns for middleware, graceful shutdown, and observability. Building the First Production Service at a Startup: Decisions Under Uncertainty https://blog.turboawesome.win/2019/06/building-the-first-production-service-at-a-startup-decisions-under-uncertainty/ Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2019/06/building-the-first-production-service-at-a-startup-decisions-under-uncertainty/ The first production service sets patterns the team will follow for years. At a startup, you're making these decisions without full requirements, under time pressure, with a team that's still forming. Here's what we decided and why. Two Years of Clojure in Production: Honest Retrospective https://blog.turboawesome.win/2018/03/two-years-of-clojure-in-production-honest-retrospective/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:44:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2018/03/two-years-of-clojure-in-production-honest-retrospective/ After two years maintaining and extending Clojure services in a financial environment, what worked, what didn't, and what I'd carry forward. From Zero to Production: My First Month in Electronic Trading https://blog.turboawesome.win/2012/02/from-zero-to-production-my-first-month-in-electronic-trading/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:17:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2012/02/from-zero-to-production-my-first-month-in-electronic-trading/ What nobody tells you when you join a trading technology firm fresh out of university — the systems, the culture, and the first time you push something live.