LLM operations
The measurable operating layer of language-model products: cost, context, evaluation, provenance, and change management.
5 currently maintained articlesHow to Estimate LLM API Cost Before Shipping: A Token Budget You Can Verify
Turn measured input, cached-input, and output tokens into a per-request and monthly budget, then reconcile the forecast against provider usage and billing data.
Tencent Hy4 Preview Explained: What 770B and a 1M Context Window Actually Change
Tencent has released and open-sourced Hy4 preview. Here is what the official release says about its 770B/49B MoE design, one-million-token context, access, pricing, and the evidence developers should still verify.
Build a Repeatable LLM Agent Evaluation Before You Pick a Model
A practical evaluation design for comparing coding and tool-using models on the work your product actually needs.
Claude Text Watermarking Explained: Detection, Limits, and What It Means for Writers
Anthropic says future Claude models will use invisible statistical watermarks. The useful question is not whether a detector can label every paragraph, but what the signal can and cannot establish.
OpenAI Plans to End Cursor Model Access: What Developers Should Prepare Before November 12
OpenAI says it intends to wind down its Cursor model contract after SpaceX acquired the coding-tool company. Here is what is confirmed, what remains uncertain, and how teams can reduce model-provider lock-in now.