Tag: technical-tips

All the articles with the tag "technical-tips".

• How Function Calling Works

  

  Function calling lets AI models execute code, query databases, and call APIs. Here's how it actually works and when you need it versus when simple prompting is enough.

• When Streaming Actually Matters

  

  Streaming makes AI responses appear faster by showing tokens as they're generated. Here's when it actually improves UX and when it's unnecessary complexity.

• Prompt Caching Explained (And Why You Should Use It)

  

  You're probably sending the same 50k tokens to the AI every single query. Prompt caching lets you pay once and reuse it. Here's how it works and why nobody uses it.

• System Prompts vs User Messages (And Why It Matters)

  

  Everyone focuses on what they ask the AI. Nobody focuses on the system prompt that controls how it responds. Here's the message structure you're probably ignoring.