A real engineering debrief on how one bad retry pattern and missing token guardrails caused an AI API cost explosion and how to fix it.

Real patterns for graceful degradation, cost-aware routing, and observability in multi-model AI systems.

A senior AI engineer explains why your LLM pipeline needs cost controls, retry logic, and guardrails before you ship.

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A real engineering debrief on how one bad retry pattern and missing token guardrails caused an AI API cost explosion and how to fix it.

A senior AI engineer breaks down the hidden costs of shipping LLM features: edge cases, cost control, error handling, and evaluation.