Go Database Connection Pool Sizing for High-Concurrency APIs
Increasing the pool size can increase contention and overload the database instead of improving throughput. The sql.DB abstraction manages connections and...
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Go Context Cancellation Best Practices for Gin HTTP Handlers
A client disconnect can leave expensive downstream work running unless cancellation is propagated. The request's standard context is intended for deadline and...
PostgreSQL Partial Indexes vs Composite Indexes for Soft-Deleted Rows
Soft-delete tables often query active rows repeatedly while retaining large volumes of historical records. A partial index narrows indexed rows with a WHERE...
Docker Healthcheck vs Orchestrator Readiness Probe for HTTP Services
A container that is running is not necessarily ready to receive requests. Docker healthchecks report container health but do not by themselves configure every...
Designing Tool Schemas for LLM Function Calling That Models Use Correctly
Quick answer: models choose and fill in tools based on the names, descriptions, and parameter schemas you provide, so treat those as the interface design. Use...
Reducing Hallucinations With Grounding, Citations, and Abstention Patterns
Quick answer: you cannot eliminate hallucinations, but you can reduce and contain them. Ground answers in retrieved sources, instruct the model to use only...
Latency Optimization for LLM Applications: Streaming, Parallel Calls, and Smaller Models
Quick answer: LLM latency comes mostly from processing the prompt and then generating output tokens one by one. Cut it by shortening prompts and outputs,...
Handling PII in LLM Pipelines: Redaction, Retention, and Access Control
Quick answer: send the model as little personal data as the task needs, redact or replace identifiers before they leave your systems, keep them out of logs,...
Guardrails for LLM Output: Validation, Moderation, and Fallbacks
Quick answer: guardrails are checks around a model that catch bad inputs and bad outputs before they reach users or systems. Layer cheap deterministic checks,...