Throughout my career architecting distributed systems, few database decisions have proven as consequential as choosing the right globally distributed data platform. Azure Cosmos DB represents Microsoft’s answer to the challenge of building planet-scale applications—a fully managed NoSQL database service that delivers single-digit millisecond latency anywhere in the world. After implementing Cosmos DB across numerous enterprise […]
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Building Enterprise CI/CD Pipelines with Google Cloud Build: From Code to Production
Introduction: Google Cloud Build provides a fully managed CI/CD platform that executes builds on Google’s infrastructure with automatic scaling and pay-per-use pricing. This comprehensive guide explores Cloud Build’s enterprise capabilities, from multi-stage pipelines and artifact management to security scanning, approval workflows, and deployment automation. After implementing CI/CD pipelines for organizations deploying hundreds of times daily, […]
Read more →LLM Chain Debugging: Tracing, Inspecting, and Fixing Multi-Step AI Workflows
Introduction: Debugging LLM chains is fundamentally different from debugging traditional software. When a chain fails, the problem could be in the prompt, the model’s interpretation, the output parsing, or any of the intermediate steps. The non-deterministic nature of LLMs means the same input can produce different outputs, making reproduction difficult. Effective chain debugging requires comprehensive […]
Read more →Embedding Models Compared: OpenAI vs Cohere vs Voyage vs Open Source
Introduction: Embedding models convert text into dense vectors that capture semantic meaning. Choosing the right embedding model significantly impacts search quality, retrieval accuracy, and application performance. This guide compares leading embedding models—OpenAI’s text-embedding-3, Cohere’s embed-v3, Voyage AI, and open-source alternatives like BGE and E5. We cover benchmarks, pricing, dimension trade-offs, and practical guidance on selecting […]
Read more →Azure API Management: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Enterprise API Strategy
In my two decades of building enterprise systems, few architectural decisions have proven as consequential as API strategy. Azure API Management has evolved from a simple gateway into a comprehensive platform for managing the entire API lifecycle. Whether you’re exposing internal services to partners, building a developer ecosystem, or modernizing legacy systems through API facades, […]
Read more →Edge AI with ONNX Runtime: Running Models On-Device
Last year, I deployed an AI model to a mobile device. The first attempt failed—the model was too large, inference was too slow, and battery drain was unacceptable. After optimizing 15+ models for edge deployment using ONNX Runtime, I’ve learned what works. Here’s the complete guide to running AI models on-device with ONNX Runtime. Figure […]
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