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LLM Token Economics Is Textbook Monopoly Behaviour

Jul 6, 2026

Apply consumer theory to understand why LLM pricing works the way it does

The Saga Pattern: Distributed Transactions Without 2PC

Jun 29, 2026

Why two-phase commit fails in production, and how sagas use compensating transactions to build reliable cross-service workflows without distributed locking.

Observability for LLM Applications: Seeing Inside the Black Box

Jun 22, 2026

LLMs break traditional observability. Log tokens, trace multi-step chains, attribute costs, monitor quality with evals, and handle privacy deliberately.

Event Sourcing: When, Why, and How (and When Not To)

Jun 15, 2026

Event sourcing is cool, until it isn't. Store events, not state but only when it makes sense.