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Saiful Islam
Saiful Islam

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From Experiment to Production: What I'm Learning as a GenAI Backend Developer

Hi All,
This is my first post here.

I've been working as a backend developer, currently exploring GenAI Systems.

Here are a few things I'm currently learning and experimenting with:

  • Designing APIs around LLMs that are reliable and predictable
  • RAG patterns and when they actually make sense
  • Handling latency, cost, and failure cases in AI-powered features
  • Turning prompts and agents into maintainable backend code

One thing I've noticed is that GenAI development isn't just about models or prompts - it's still very much backend engineering: trade-offs, observability, scalability, and good system design matter a lot.

If you're working with GenAI on the backend or just curious, I'd love to connect and learn from others here.

Thanks for reading.

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