LLM Memory and Context Management: Building Conversational AI That Remembers

Introduction: LLMs have no inherent memory—each API call is stateless. The model doesn’t remember your previous conversation, your user’s preferences, or the context you established five messages ago. Memory is something you build on top. This guide covers implementing different memory strategies for LLM applications: buffer memory for recent context, summary memory for long conversations, […]

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.NET 8 and C# 12: A Deep Dive into Native AOT, Primary Constructors, and Blazor United

Introduction: .NET 8 represents a landmark release in Microsoft’s development platform evolution, bringing Native AOT to mainstream scenarios, unifying Blazor’s rendering models, and introducing C# 12’s powerful new features. Released in November 2023, this Long-Term Support version delivers significant performance improvements, reduced memory footprint, and enhanced developer productivity. After migrating several enterprise applications to .NET […]

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LLM Application Logging and Tracing: Building Observable AI Systems

Introduction: Production LLM applications require comprehensive logging and tracing to debug issues, monitor performance, and understand user interactions. Unlike traditional applications, LLM systems have unique logging needs: capturing prompts and responses, tracking token usage, measuring latency across chains, and correlating requests through multi-step workflows. This guide covers practical logging patterns: structured request/response logging, distributed tracing […]

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AWS re:Invent 2023: Amazon Bedrock and Q Transform Enterprise AI with Foundation Models and Intelligent Assistants

Introduction: AWS re:Invent 2023 delivered transformative announcements for enterprise AI adoption, with Amazon Bedrock reaching general availability and Amazon Q emerging as AWS’s answer to AI-powered enterprise assistance. These services represent AWS’s strategic vision for making generative AI accessible, secure, and enterprise-ready. After integrating Bedrock into production workloads, I’ve found its model-agnostic approach and native […]

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