Articles

Getting Reliable Structured Output from LLMs Every Time

Stop writing regex to clean up flaky JSON. The three levels of structured output — prompt-and-pray, JSON mode, and strict schema mode — plus the validation step everyone skips.

AI Agent vs Workflow vs Single Call: How to Choose

Most tasks people build agents for do not need one. The three tiers of AI systems explained — single call, workflow, and agent — with a four-question test for when an agent is actually worth it.

The Complete Guide to Prompt Engineering in 2026

What prompt engineering actually is in 2026 — the fundamentals that still work, the tricks that quietly stopped mattering, how reasoning models changed the rules, and the one framework to fall back on.

Why AI Agents Don't Ship Themselves: A Forward Deployed Engineer Playbook

FDE job postings jumped 729% in a year and vendors just committed ~$9B to deployment — because agentic AI stalls at production. Here's how forward deployed engineers get agents past the production wall in 2026.