Function Calling vs. Tool Use in LLMs: Architecture, Trade-offs, and Patterns
A practical guide to function calling vs. tool use in LLMs: architectures, trade-offs, design patterns, reliability, security, and evaluation.
A practical guide to function calling vs. tool use in LLMs: architectures, trade-offs, design patterns, reliability, security, and evaluation.
Design robust API throttling and user tier management with algorithms, policies, headers, and billing integration.
Design reliable webhook retries: backoff with jitter, idempotency, Retry-After, DLQs, security, and ops patterns for resilient REST API webhooks.
A practical blueprint for enterprise API governance: standards, security, lifecycle, observability, and a 90‑day rollout plan to scale APIs safely.
Learn how the API circuit breaker pattern prevents cascading failures, with design choices, observability, and code examples in Java, .NET, Node.js, and Python.
A practical guide to synchronous and asynchronous microservice communication patterns, trade-offs, and implementation tips for resilient APIs.